Arimardana

Arimardana · ari-mardana, “the crusher of enemies”

Arimardana is a son of Śvaphalka of the Vṛshṇi line of the Yādavas, and a brother of Akrūra.

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Vṛshṇi had two sons, Śvaphalka and Citraka. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the king of Kāśī, whose father always gave her cows, and in her was born Akrūra: learned, fond of guests, a great hero and a giver of much dakshiṇā. Besides Akrūra, Śvaphalka had Upamadgu, Madgu, Mṛdura, Arimardana, Arikshepa, Upeksha, Arimejaya, Dharma, devoted to dharma, Gṛdhrabhoja, Andhaka, Āvāha and Prativāha, and a beautiful daughter, Vasundharā, who became the chief queen of Viśrutāśva.

Arimardana is named after Mṛdura and before Arikshepa. The Purāṇa names Śvaphalka’s sons here, in the account of the Syamantaka jewel.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16