Vasudeva (son of Akrūra)
Vasudeva · vasu-deva
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Vasudeva was a son of Akrūra of the Vṛshṇi line of the Yādavas. With his brother Upadeva he was the delight of the family, and both shone with a divine lustre. He is not Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi, the son of Śūra and the father of Śrī Kṛshṇa and Balarāma.
His family
In the genealogy of the Yādavas, the Brahma Purāṇa tells that Vṛshṇi had two sons, Śvaphalka and Citraka. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the king of Kāśī, and from her was born Akrūra: learned, fond of guests, a great hero, a giver of much dakshiṇā (the gift to the priests), a mahānubhāva (one of great nobility). Akrūra’s brothers were Upamadgu, Madgu, Mṛdura, Arimardana, Arikshepa, Upeksha, Arimejaya, Dharma, Gṛdhrabhoja, Andhaka, Āvāha and Prativāha, and his sister was Vasundharā, who became the chief queen of Viśrutāśva.
Akrūra, in his wife Ugrasenā, had two sons, Vasudeva and Upadeva, the delight of the family and of divine lustre.
The chapter closes with its phala: one who hears this account of the false charge against Śrī Kṛshṇa over the Syamantaka gem is never touched by calamities.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16