Upamadgu (son of Śvaphalka)
Upamadgu · upa-madgu, “the younger Madgu”
Upamadgu is a Yādava, a son of Śvaphalka and his wife Gāndinī, and a brother of Akrūra. The Brahma Purāṇa names him twice, each time right after Akrūra.
His line
The Sūta tells the munis that Śvaphalka and Citraka were the sons of Vṛshṇi. Śvaphalka was devoted to dharma: in his realm there was no fear of disease and no distress from drought. Once Indra sent no rain for three years in the land of the king of Kāśī, and the king brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom; 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. Born to Śvaphalka were Akrūra, a giver, a performer of yajña, a hero, learned, fond of guests and a giver of abundant dakshiṇā; Upamadgu; Madgu; Mandara; Arimejaya; Avikshita; Andhakaru; Avāha; Prativāha; and a daughter, Sundarī.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
The line is told again after the account of the Syamantaka gem. There Śvaphalka’s sons besides Akrūra are Upamadgu, Madgu, Mṛdura, Arimardana, Arikshepa, Upeksha, Arimejaya, Dharma, Gṛdhrabhoja, Andhaka, Āvāha and Prativāha, and his daughter is Vasundharā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16