Mṛdura

Mṛdura · mṛdura, “the gentle one”

Mṛdura is a Yādava, a son of Śvaphalka and his wife Gāndinī, and a brother of Akrūra.

His line

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Vṛshṇi had two sons, Śvaphalka and Citraka. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the king of Kāśi; her father always gave her cows, and so her name became famous. 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.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16

Sources

  • Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16