Vṛshata (Son of Jantu)

Vṛshata

Vṛshata is a king of the second line of Ajamīḍha, the youngest of the hundred sons of Jantu and the father of Drupada.

In the line of the Somakas

Sūta tells the munis the second line of Ajamīḍha. By Nīlī, Ajamīḍha had Suśānti; his son was Purujāti, and his son Bāhyāśva. Of Bāhyāśva’s five sons, Sṛñjaya‘s son was Pañcajana; his son Somadatta; his son the renowned Sahadeva; and his son Somaka, born when the line of Ajamīḍha was in decline.

Somaka’s son was Jantu. Jantu had a hundred sons, and the youngest of them was Vṛshata. His son was Drupada. “Thus far the line of Ajamīḍha. They became famous by the name Somakas.”

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13