Bhadraśreṇya

Bhadraśreṇya

Durdama has other meanings too: see all meanings of Durdama.

Bhadraśreṇya was a mighty king of the Haihaya line, the son of Mahishmān and the father of Durdama. He ruled Vārāṇasī before Divodāsa took it.

In the account of the kings of Kāśī, the Brahma Purāṇa tells that before Divodāsa, Vārāṇasī was under the rule of Bhadraśreṇya. Divodāsa killed his hundred sons, all great archers, won his kingdom and built the new city. Bhadraśreṇya’s son Durdama was spared by Divodāsa out of compassion, because he was a child. In time the great Durdama took back the kingdom that had been taken by force, and by his valour put an end to the enmity.

Sūta gives the same king in the line of Yadu: Haihaya’s son was Dharmanetra, his son Kārta and his son Sāhañja, and the son of Mahishmān was Bhadraśreṇya, the mighty. His son was Durdama, Durdama’s son the wise Kanaka, and Kanaka’s son Kṛtavīrya was the father of Kārtavīryārjuna.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 11, 13