The Purana Index v2.c7.s5.314

v2.c7.s5.314

Bāhlika (1)—a son of Pratipa and father of Somadatta,¹ father of seven sons, kings of Bāhli Kingdom,² the P 61 foremost among the Kurus,³ was stationed by Jarāsandha at the southern gate of Mathurā,⁴ placed on the south during the siege of Gomanta,⁵ informed by Uddhava of Rāma’s visit to Hastināpura,⁶ his sons took active part in Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya and in Duryodana’s army,⁷ could not vanquish Arjuna, supported by Krsna,⁸ went with his sons to Syamantapañcaka for the solar eclipse where he met the Vrsnis, left Syamantapañcaka,⁹ sisters, Rohinī and Pauravī, married to Vasudeva ¹⁰