Gṛdhrabhoja

Gṛdhrabhoja · gṛdhra-bhoja

Gṛdhrabhoja 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.

Gṛdhrabhoja is named after Dharma and before Andhaka. The Purāṇa names Śvaphalka’s sons here, in the account of the Syamantaka jewel.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16