Dr ambedkar 1942 speech
Chapter 21 - The Race of Bharata—The History of Rantideva
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Introductory:
(a). As Bhāvāratha Dīpikā points out, although Bharadvāja was originally a Brāhmaṇa, he became Kṣattriya after his adoption by Bharata. He is thenceforth known as Vitatha and he continued Bharata’s race.
(b). The Rantideva episode and especially his refusal to attain to Mokṣa but wish to live here in order to relieve the misery of all beings (vv 12, 13 below) are similar to the Bodhisattva ideal of Buddhists.
Śrī Śuka said:
1. Vitatha (Bharadvāja) had a son Manyu who begot (five sons) viz. Bṛhatkṣatra, Jaya, Mahāvīrya, Nara, Garga. Nara’s son was Saṅkṛti.
2. Saṅkṛti had two sons—Guru and Rantideva, Oh delight of the Pāṇḍufamily! The glory of Rantideva is eulogised in this world as well as in heaven.
3-4. By giving away wealth which came his way without efforts (like the sky) thinking it to be momentary, he became hungry and destitute of everything ( Rantideva biography of barack gas.