Born to Vishwamitra and Menaka but abandoned and raised by the sage Kanva. She marries King Dushyanta, but a lost token ring causes him to forget her under a curse. After giving birth to Bharata and enduring humiliation, she is eventually reunited with her husband by Vishwamitra intervention.
Menaka is the biological mother who abandons Shakuntala due to divine intervention.
Shakuntala and Dushyanta share a sacred marriage bound by a royal token.
Shakuntala is the mother who raises Bharata in isolation after separation.
Vishwamitra serves as the divine agent who restores Shakuntala's lost family.
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