Upadeva (son of Akrūra)
Upadeva · upa-deva
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Upadeva was a son of Akrūra of the Vṛshṇi line of the Yādavas, born to Akrūra by his wife Ugrasenā. With his brother he was the delight of the family, and both shone with a divine lustre. He is not Upadeva, the son of Devaka.
In the line of Kroshṭu
The Sūta, telling the munis the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu, speaks of Śvaphalka, a king so devoted to dharma that in his realm there was no fear of disease and no distress from drought. Once, when Indra had not rained for three years in the land of the king of Kāśī, the king brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom, and because Śvaphalka dwelt there, Indra sent rain. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the lord of Kāśī, who gave a cow to a brāhmaṇa every day.
To Śvaphalka was born Akrūra: a giver, a performer of yajñas, a hero, learned, fond of guests and a giver of abundant dakshiṇā (the gift to the priests). To Akrūra by Ugrasenā were born Prasena, radiant like a deva, and Upadeva.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
The delight of the family
Telling the line of Vṛshṇi again after the account of the Syamantaka gem, the Purāṇa says that Vṛshṇi’s sons were Śvaphalka and Citraka, that Akrūra was born to Śvaphalka of Gāndinī, and that Akrūra, in his wife Ugrasenā, had two sons, Vasudeva and Upadeva, the delight of the family and of divine lustre.
The chapter closes with its phala: one who hears this account of the false charge against Śrī Kṛshṇa over the Syamantaka gem is never touched by calamities.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16