06-25-2008, 06:56 PM
It was not a judgement on good or bad. Just one type of marriage called gandharva marriage (as opposed to Arya marriage). gandharva is also an approved form of marriage.
And in any case, bharata was born only with the blessings of adopted father kaNva (and as a result of his great boon to shakuntalA - and of course to bhAratavarSha).
And in any case, bharata was born only with the blessings of adopted father kaNva (and as a result of his great boon to shakuntalA - and of course to bhAratavarSha).