Saṃvartavasu
Saṃvartavasu · saṃvarta-vasu
Saṃvartavasu is the divine chariot of King Yayāti, son of Nahusha. The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Devendra, pleased with Yayāti, gave it to him: a golden chariot yoked with divine white horses swift as the mind. Given by Indra, it passed from king to king through the ages, until it came to Vāsudeva, Śrī Kṛshṇa.
Indra’s gift to Yayāti
Nahusha had six sons, and of them Yayāti became king, supremely devoted to dharma. Indra, pleased with Yayāti, gave him a divine armlet (bhujakīrti) and a golden chariot yoked with divine white horses, swift as the mind. With that chariot Yayāti set out on a march of victory. No one could conquer him in war: in six days he conquered the whole circle of the earth, and he subdued the devas and the dānavas.
The chariot passes from king to king
The chariot, named Saṃvartavasu, passed to the Kauravas. From Janamejaya of the Kuru line, son of Parīkshit, it vanished by the śāpa of Garga. Janamejaya, by the force of time, killed Garga’s young son and incurred the pāpa of brahmahatyā.
That divine chariot of Yayāti then came to the king of Cedi. Indra, pleased, brought it and gave it to Bṛhadratha, and from Bṛhadratha it passed to his son Jarāsandha. Bhīma killed Jarāsandha and offered the chariot to Vāsudeva.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 12
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 12