Vajranabhi

Published on 23rd July, 2017, in Mid-day. Vajranabhi, son of Aniruddha, grandson of Pradyumna, and great-grandson of Krishna, was king of Mathura and leader of the Yadava clan. He had heard a lot about Krishna, lovingly called Shyam, and so wondered how his illustrious ancestor actually looked. Sadly, no one he knew in Vraja had actually seen him. So Vajranabhi went to the city of Hastinapur, in Kurukshetra, on the banks of the Ganga, and wondered if anyone there had seen him. "I was too young when he came here," said King Parikshit, son of Abhimanyu, grandson of Arjuna, the great Pandava. "I remember him," ..