Parājit
Parājit · parā-jit, “the conqueror of foes”
Hari has other meanings too: see all meanings of Hari.
Parājit is a king of the line of Kroshṭu, the son of Rukmakavaca, a slayer of enemies. He was the father of five sons, great heroes, unconquered: Rukmeshu, Pṛthurukma, Jyāmagha, Pālita and Hari.
His line and his sons
The Purāṇa tells the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu: Vṛjinīvant, Svāhi, Ushadgu, Citraratha, Śaśabindu, Pṛthuśravas, Antara, Suyajña, Ushata, Śineyu and the rājarshi Maruta. Maruta’s eldest son Kambalabarhisha wished for a son and performed a great observance of dharma, and his son Rukmakavaca slew a hundred armoured archers in battle with sharp arrows and gained the highest śrī. To Rukmakavaca was born Parājit, slayer of enemies.
Parājit had five sons: Rukmeshu, Pṛthurukma, Jyāmagha, Pālita and Hari. He gave Pālita and Hari to the kings of Videha. Rukmeshu became king with the support of Pṛthurukma, and Jyāmagha, sent away by them, lived in an āśrama, then went alone with his bow, banner and chariot to another land; on the bank of the Narmadā he conquered Mekala, Mṛttikāvatī and the mountain Ṛkshavanta, and lived in the city of Śuktimatī.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15