The king Dushyanta, thereupon, installed the son of Shakuntala as his heir-apparent bestowing upon him the name of Bharata.
दुष्यन्तस्तु तदा राजा पुत्रं शाकुन्तलं तदा। भरतं नामतः कृत्वा यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयत्॥