Babhruvāhana

Quartigod son of Arjuna (Indra-paternal demigod) by Citrāṅgadā of Maṇipūra. King of Maṇipūra by maternal-grandfather succession per the marriage-stipulation that excluded Citrāṅgadā's sons from the Kuru inheritance. The patricide-then-revival episode in Āśvamedhika Parva 79-81 — Babhruvāhana killing Arjuna during the Aśvamedha horse-pursuit, then Ulūpī (his stepmother, Iravan's mother) reviving Arjuna with the saṃjīvana-maṇi — is one of the canonical structural-tragic episodes of the Mahābhārata, paralleling Cú Chulainn × Connla, Rustam × Sohrab, and the broader Indo-European patricidal pattern.

Parentage

• father: ArjunaMbh. Ādi Parva 214 (primary)

Domains

• kingship of manipura

Powers

• Defeats and strikes down Arjuna in single combat

Relations

• father: ArjunaMbh. Ādi Parva 214 (primary)
• mother: Citrāṅgadā (princess of Maṇipūra) · HinduMbh. Ādi Parva 214 (primary)
• half sibling: ŚrutakarmaHalf-brother through their shared father Arjuna.Mbh. Ādi Parva 95.75 (primary)
• half sibling: AbhimanyuHalf-brother through their shared father Arjuna.Mbh. Ādi Parva 213-225 (primary)
• half sibling: IrāvānHalf-brother through their shared father Arjuna; Iravan is Arjuna's son by Ulūpī (the nāga princess who later revives Arjuna after Babhruvāhana's patricide).Mbh. Ādi Parva 213.11-13 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Mahābhārata (BORI) Ādi Parva 214; Āśvamedhika Parva 79-81; Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.22 (primary)
• parentage: Mbh. Ādi Parva 214 (primary)