Satyaketu (son of Akrūra)
Satyaketu · satya-ketu, “whose banner is truth”
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Satyaketu is a son of Akrūra of the Vṛshṇi branch of the Yadu line, born of a princess of Kāśī. He is a different person from Satyaketu of the Kāśī line.
His family
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Kroshṭu. Vṛshṇi‘s sons were Śvaphalka and Citraka. Śvaphalka was devoted to dharma, and where he lived there was no fear of disease or drought; when Indra did not rain for three years in the land of the king of Kāśī, that king brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom, and Indra sent rain. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the lord of Kāśī, who gave a cow to a brāhmaṇa every day. Their son was Akrūra, a giver, a yajvan, a hero, learned, fond of guests and a giver of abundant dakshiṇā. By Ugrasenā, Akrūra had Prasena, radiant like a deva, and Upadeva.
Among the heroes of Vasudeva‘s family, the Sūta names the children born to the Yādavas: to Rāma by Revatī was born Niśaṭha; to Pārtha by Subhadrā, Abhimanyu; and to Akrūra by the Kāśī princess was born Satyaketu.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14