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him the brahmar is (sages) told the gods – this king will clear our doubt. He is himself one who conducts sacrifices, looks after the well-being of all living beings and is a great man; he cannot go against the stras (scriptures /holy texts). All the sages and gods said, “Oh king! What should be used in a sacrifice; Food or goat?” The king asked them what is dear to each one of them. Who thinks aja means goat and who thinks it means food? Replying to the question of king Vasu the sages said, “Oh king! It is our opinion that food should be used in sacrifice, but the gods think sacrifice must be done with an animal called 'ch ga'. Now you decide.”
King Vasu, taking the side of the gods said, "aja means ch ga, or goat, hence goat should be used." Hearing this, all the sages got angry and said, “Knowing aja's true inference is food, siding with the gods you have said it is goat, hence you will fall from the sky, and your power to roam around in the skies will end. If you have opposed the Veda scriptures, you shall go to the netherworld and if our word is against the scriptures, we shall fall.” As soon as the sages stopped talking, king Uparicara fell to the earth from the sky and at once went into the netherworld.
Out of the eight sons of Vasu, six of them successively ascended the throne, one after the other, but the moment they did that, by some divine power, they got killed. Scared by this, two of the remaining sons, Suvasu and Pihaddhaya' uktimat' ran away form the city. Suvasu settled in Mathur and Pihaddhaya's successor was Sub hu. After Sub hu, came respectively, D rghab hu, Vajrab hu, Ardhab hu, Bh nu and Subh nu. After Subh nu his son Yadu was a brave king of the Harivam a lineage. In Yadu's line, Saur and V ra were two great and powerful kings. King Saur settled in Sauripura while V ra built Sauv ra city.
The Paternal Side of Lord Nemin tha
The Harivam a clan's king Saur had two valorous sons, Amdhakav i and Bhogavi. Amdhakav i had ten sons who were popular by the name Da rha. Among them the eldest, Samudravijaya and the youngest, Vasudeva, were specially talented and influential. Samudravijaya was magnanimous, just and doting king to his subjects. It was Samudravijaya who brought up his younger brother Vasudeva. In time, Vasudeva, too, became famous for his valour.
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