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CHAPTER II MARRIAGES OF VASUDEVA WITH MAIDENS BEGINNING WITH SYĀMĀ AND ENDING
WITH SUKOŠALA
Now there is in this Bharata an excellent city Mathurā, adorned by the river Yamunā like a dark garment. In this city Yadu was king, many kings having passed away since Bțhaddhvaja, son of Vasu, of the line of Hari. Yadu had a son, Śūra, whose splendor was equal to the sun, and Śūra had two sons, Sauri and Suvira, eminent heroes. King Sūra placed Sauri on the throne and Suvira in the rank of heir-apparent and became a mendicant, as disgust with worldly existence had developed.
Sauri gave the kingdom of Mathurā to his younger brother, Suvira, and went to the country of Kuśārta. There he founded Sauryapura.42 Sons, Andhakavşşņi and others, were born to King Sauri; BhojavȚşņi and others to Suvira, whose strength was boundless. Suvīra gave the kingdom of Mathurā to Bhojakavşşņi and, after founding the city Sauvīra in the Sindhus, remained there, powerful. Powerful Sauri installed Andhakavrsni on his throne, became a mendicant under Muni Supratiştha and attained emancipation. While Bhojavịşņi directed the realm at Mathurā, he had a son, Ugrasena, who had enormous strength of arm.
Ten sons were born to Andhakavşşņi from Subhadrā: Samudravijaya, Akşobhya, Stimita, Sāgara, Himavat, Acala, Dharana, Pūraņa, Abhicandra, and Vasudeva were the ten, called Daśārbas. They had two younger sisters, Kunti and Madri. Their father gave Kunti to Pāņņu and the other to Damaghoșa.
42 5. Sauryapura was on the Yamuna, below Mathura.
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