Vṛshaṇa (Son of Kārtavīrya)

Vṛshaṇa

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Vṛshaṇa is a Haihaya prince of the line of Yadu, one of the sons of the great king Kārtavīryārjuna. Kārtavīrya had a hundred sons, and of them only five remained, strong, heroic, righteous and renowned: Śūrasena, Śūra, Vṛshaṇa, Madhupadhvaja and Jayadhvaja. He is not Vṛshaṇa the son of Madhu, from whom the Vṛshṇis descend.

His father and brothers

Sūta tells the munis the line of Yadu through the Haihayas. Kārtavīryārjuna, son of Kṛtavīrya, received his varas (boons) from Dattātreya and ruled the seven dvīpas; at the end, as he had once asked in his vara, he met his death at the hand of one mightier than he, Paraśurāma.

Of the hundred sons he left, five remained, and Vṛshaṇa was the third named among them. His brother Jayadhvaja ruled the Avantī country; Jayadhvaja’s son was Tālajaṅgha, whose hundred sons were the Tālajaṅghas. In the great Haihaya line came the Vītihotras, Suvratas, Bhojas, Avantis, Tauṇḍikeras, Tālajaṅghas, Bharatas, Sujātas and many others, too many to name.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13