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ŚRUTĀYUS III. A Kṣatriya king. He was born from a portion of the Daitya, Krodhavaśa. We get the following details about him from Mahābhārata:
(i) Śrutāyus was the re-birth of Krodhavaśa, the Daitya. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 64).
(ii) Śrutāyus, who was a Mahāratha (a great warrior) was present at the Svayaṃvara of Draupadī. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 21).
(iii) This Śrutāyus was a member of Yudhiṣṭhira’s assembly. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 28).
(iv) On the first day of Bhārata battle, there was a clash between Śrutāyus and Irāvān. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 45, Verse 69).
(v) He was the King of Ambaṣṭha country. In the Bhārata battle he encountered Arjuna. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 59, Verse 75).
(vi) It was this Śrutāyus who stood in the middle portion of the Krauñca Vyūha formed by Bhīṣma in the above battle. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 75, Verse 22).
(vii) Yudhiṣṭhira defeated Śrutāyus. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 1). (viii) At Kurukṣetra, Arjuna killed Śrutāyus in the battle. Arjuna had to fight a fierce battle in order to kill Śrutāyus. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 98).