History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c42.s2.3

v3.c42.s2.3

The Buddhist tradition that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma had different gotras because they had different purohitas is absurd and is not known to Hindu Purāṇas. The guru of both was Sāndīpini of Ujjain as stated in Harivamśa and Bhāgavata. Secondly, it is not true that Śrīkṛṣṇa's gotra was Gautama as stated in Saundarānanda (Patrikā p. 439) and that of Balarāma was Gārgya. Śrīkṛṣṇa's gotra must be Atri as his descendants the Chuḍāsamas and others have that gotra still. The statements in the Saundarānanda are on their face absurd and may even be interpolations. We know that the Buddhists made many misrepresentations of Hindu traditions (e. g. they stated that Sītā was wife and sister of Rāma); and one cannot attach any value to this Buddhist poem in this connection.