Dushyanta begot on his wife, Shakuntala, a learned son, named Bharata who became king. From him was the Bharata dynasty and from his spread its great fame.
दुष्यन्ताद् भरतो जज्ञे विद्वाञ्छाकुन्तलो नृपः। तस्माद् भरतवंशस्य विप्रतस्थे महद् यशः॥