Mahabharata Janani Janmabhoomi Episode#3 Menaka Menaka was one of most beautiful and the oft-appreciated apasara or celestial maiden of the heavens! Indra had assigned her a job to break the severe penance undertaken by the most revered sage of ancient India - Vishwamitra! Menaka was successful in surfacing Vishwamitra lust and passion with her stunning beauty and by her graceful dances breaking the sage's meditation, but unfortunately, she could not help herself falling in love with Vishwamitra. First she thought it was infatuation, it turned out into pure love, though the sage loved her equally, when he realized that he was tricked by Indra and thinking Menaka was not party to it, he decided to abandon her even after knowing that she was already pregnant. She left him and wandered in wilderness and gave birth to beautiful daughter! She abandon her baby girl at the hermit of sage Kanva who later bought her up till she grew into a beautiful - Shakuntala. Dushayant the king o