Vṛshaṇa (Son of Madhu)

Vṛshaṇa

Vṛshaṇa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Vṛshaṇa.

Vṛshaṇa is a Yādava, one of the hundred sons of Madhu, son of Vṛsha, and the founder of the line whose descendants are the Vṛshṇis. He is not Vṛshaṇa the son of Kārtavīryārjuna.

Founder of the Vṛshṇis

Sūta tells the munis the line of Yadu. After the descendants of Kārtavīryārjuna and the Haihaya clans, he says: “Vipras, the Yādavas beginning with Vṛsha were devoted to puṇya (meritorious) conduct. Vṛsha was the root ancestor of the line. His son was Madhu. Madhu had a hundred sons, of whom Vṛshaṇa was the founder of the line.”

Vṛshaṇa’s descendants are the Vṛshṇis, and the descendants of Madhu are the Mādhavas. After Yadu, the Haihayas too came to be called Yādavas.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13