[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s9.430 # An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.430 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.430 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.430) Medhāvin¹, son of Bāladhi. § 415 (Tīrthayātrāp.): In ancient times the muni Bāladhi practised austerities in order to have an immortal son. He obtained a son Medhāvin of a very irritable temper, but the gods did not make him immortal; they only granted the boon that he should live as long as the mountains existed. Medhāvin grew haughty, and insulted the munis. The learned Dhanuṣākṣa then cursed him, saying, "Be thou reduced to ashes." When, however, Medhāvin was not reduced to ashes, Dhanuṣākṣa caused the mountains to be scattered by buffaloes, and then Medhāvin perished. As his father bewailed him, the munis quoted the following gāthā: "A mortal on no condition can overcome what has been ordained by fate," etc.: III, 135, 10740, 10742-3. - [Previous: c5.s9.429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.429) - [Next: c5.s9.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.431) - [Up: c5.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.430) · Pramāṇa