History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.141

v7.c91.141

But among the original sources of the Bhakti cult are the Nārāyaṇīya section (chapters 335-351 of Citraśāla ed. = cr. ed. 322-339) of the Śāntiparva and the Bhagavadgītā. For the antiquity of Kṛṣṇa worship (vide pp. 129-131 above). Megasthenes states that Heracles (Harikṛṣṇa?) was worshipped by Sourasenoi (Śaurasenas) on the banks of Jobares (Yamunā) and had two cities Methora (Mathurā) and Cleisbora (Kṛṣṇapura?). In the Nārāyaṇīya it is stated (in chap. 335. 17-24) that king Uparicara Vasu was a devotee (bhakta) of Nārāyaṇa, that he worshipped the Lord of Gods according to the *sāttvata* rules that were proclaimed by the Sun, that he (Vasu) consecrated his kingdom, wealth, wife and horses to God, thinking that they all belonged to the Bhagavat (the Adorable One) and performed sacrificial rites according to the Sāttvata rules.