The Purana Index v3.c9.147

v3.c9.147

*Yadu* (I)—originator of the Yadava race, the eldest son of Yayati and Devayani. Father of Sahasrajit and other sons¹. His line glorified by the birth of Krsna as the Malaya hill by the sandal tree; became overlord of the southern part of the kingdom. Refused to part with his youth to his father and hence was cursed to become the father of refractory sons and was also refused a share in the kingdom; father of five sons; debarred by his father to succeed him; was placed in charge of the southern territory²; his descendants³ had a discourse on detachment and realisation of Atman from an Avadhuta sannyasin when the ascetic spoke of his twenty four gurus: earth, air, sky, waters, fire, moon, sun, kapota (pigeon), boaconstrictor, sea, moth, bee, elephant, honey gatherer, deer, fish, Pingala, Kurara, child, girl, blacksmith, serpent, spider and wasp. From the exemplary ways of each of them the ascetic learnt his lessons which are elaborated. Hearing this Yadu became free from all attachments and looked on all things as equal⁴; equal to Indra⁵.