Arimejaya (son of Śvaphalka)
Arimejaya · ari-mejaya, “the one who makes enemies tremble”
Arimejaya has other meanings too: see all meanings of Arimejaya.
Arimejaya is a son of Śvaphalka of the Vṛshṇi line of the Yādavas, and a brother of Akrūra. Sūta tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that Śvaphalka and Citraka were the sons of Vṛshṇi. Śvaphalka was devoted to dharma: in his realm there was no fear of disease and no drought, and when Indra withheld the rain from Kāśī for three years, the king of Kāśī brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom and the rain came. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the lord of Kāśī.
Born to Śvaphalka were Akrūra, a giver, a yajvan, a hero, learned and fond of guests; Upamadgu, Madgu, Mandara, Arimejaya, Avikshita, Andhakaru, Avāha and Prativāha; and a daughter, Sundarī.
In the account of the Syamantaka the Purāṇa names Śvaphalka’s sons again: besides Akrūra, Upamadgu, Madgu, Mṛdura, Arimardana, Arikshepa, Upeksha, Arimejaya, Dharma, devoted to dharma, Gṛdhrabhoja, Andhaka, Āvāha and Prativāha, and a beautiful daughter, Vasundharā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16