Durdama (son of Bhadraśreṇya)

Durdama · dur-dama, “the one hard to subdue”

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Durdama is a king of the line of Yadu through Haihaya, the son of the mighty Bhadraśreṇya and the father of the wise Kanaka. As a child he was spared by Divodāsa of Kāśī, and when he grew up he won back the kingdom that had been taken by force.

Spared by Divodāsa

Lomaharshaṇa, telling the munis the line of the Kāśī kings, says that Vārāṇasī was once under the rule of Bhadraśreṇya. Divodāsa, son of Bhīmaratha, slew Bhadraśreṇya’s hundred sons, all great archers, took his kingdom and built the new city. But Bhadraśreṇya’s son Durdama he spared out of compassion, because he was a child.

Durdama took the Haihaya inheritance, the royal wealth of his line. The great-souled Durdama took back the empire that had been taken by force, and by his valour put an end to the enmity.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11

In the line of Haihaya

In the line of Yadu, Sahasrāda‘s son was Haihaya, and Haihaya’s line ran through Dharmanetra, Kārta and Sāhañja. The son of Mahishmān was the mighty Bhadraśreṇya; his son was Durdama, and Durdama’s son was the wise Kanaka. Kanaka had four sons, Kṛtavīrya, Kṛtaujas, Kṛtadhanvan and Kṛtāgni, and Kṛtavīrya’s son was Arjuna, that is Kārtavīryārjuna.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 11, 13