O best of the Bharata race, the descendant of Puru, regarding himself as really possessing a son, installed him as his heir-apparent.
ततः पुत्रिणमात्मानं ज्ञात्वा पौरवनन्दनः। भुमन्युं भरतश्रेष्ठ यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयत्॥