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{{Short description|Father of Hindu goddess Radha}}

{{Infobox deity
| image =
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| type = Hindu
| spouse = Kirtida
| children = [[Radha]]
| father = Surabhanu{{sfn|Entwistle|1987|p=50}}
| texts = [[Padma Purana]], [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana]]
}}

'''Vrishabhanu'''<ref name="Vishwananda2017">{{cite book|author=Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda|title=Shreemad Bhagavad Gita: The Song of Love|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ3JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1472|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Bhakti Marga Publications|isbn=978-3-940381-70-5|pages=1472–}}</ref> ({{lang-sa|वृषभानु}}; [[IAST]]: {{IAST|Vṛṣbhānu}}) also spelled as '''Brushabhanu''' is a distinguished [[Yadava]] chieftain.<ref name="Dash">{{cite book|author=Trilochan Dash|title=Krishna Leeela in Brajamandal a Retrospect|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7YjhTtkcwE0C&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=Brushabhanu%20Yadav%20chieftain&f|publisher=Soudamini Dash|pages=192–|id=GGKEY:N5C1YTUK5T3}}</ref><ref name="Das1990">{{cite book|author=R. K. Das|title=Temples of Vrindaban|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OXXXAAAAMAAJ&dq=vrishabhanu+yadava&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyv5vrq73xAhUNyzgGHeI_D3wQ6AEwAHoECAgQAw|year=1990|publisher=Sandeep Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85067-47-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Vedanta Kesari|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NbDWAAAAMAAJ&dq=vrishabhanu+yadava&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyv5vrq73xAhUNyzgGHeI_D3wQ6AEwAXoECAkQAw|year=1970|publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math.}}</ref> He was the father of goddess [[Radha]] ([[Avatar]] of [[Lakshmi]]).<ref name="Saraswati2001">{{cite book|author=Prakashanand Saraswati|title=The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=IhLN2I9yTTkC&pg=PA666&dq=vrishbhanu%20barsana&f|year=2001|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1789-0|pages=666–}}</ref><ref name="Varma2009">{{cite book|author=Pavan K. Varma|title=The Book of Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_anlsbp56aoC&pg=PA46|date=July 2009|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306763-4|pages=46–}}</ref> According to [[Padma Purana]], he was a king of cowherd people's of [[Barsana]] and owner of 10 lakhs cows, who was '''King Suchandra''' in previous life and received a boon from [[Brahma]] to be father of [[lakshmi]]'s avatar in [[Dwapara Yuga]].<ref name="Vishwananda2017"/><ref name="Julka2014">{{cite book|author=Anu Julka|title=SHRINATH JI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5LMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|date=8 October 2014|publisher=PartridgeIndia|isbn=978-1-4828-2286-1|pages=23–}}</ref>

==Previous birth==
In previous birth, Vrishbhanu was named as Suchandra who was married to Kalavati, grand daughter of [[Daksha|Daksha Prajapati]]. After enjoying conjugal relations with Kalavati for a long time, Suchandra was fed up with the family life and went to the Ashram of sage [[Agastya]]. When Kalavati started crying because of being abandoned by her husband, [[Brahma]] embodied and granted a boon to her that she would reborn with her husband in next life and both of them would be blessed with goddess [[Lakshmi]] ([[Radha]]) as their daughter.<ref name="Maruvada2020">{{cite book|author=Surya N. Maruvada|title=Who is Who in Hindu Mythology - VOL 1: A Comprehensive Collection of Stories from the Pur??as|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrvTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT528|date=2 March 2020|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64805-684-0|pages=528–}}</ref><ref name="Bhalla2017">{{cite book|author=Prem P. Bhalla|title=Maa: The Universal Mother|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sco1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100|date=23 September 2017|publisher=Educreation Publishing|pages=100–|id=GGKEY:K05TS317P0E}}</ref>

==Life in next birth==
As per boon of [[Brahma]], King Suchandra was reborn in [[Dvapara Yuga|Dwapara Yuga]] as King Vrishabhanu in the land of [[Braj]] who married to Kirtida (Kalavati in previous-birth) and goddess [[Lakshmi]] ([[Radha]]) was born as their daughter.<ref name="McDanielMcDaniel2003">{{cite book|author1=June McDaniel|author2=Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies June McDaniel|title=Making Virtuous Daughters and Wives: An Introduction to Women's Brata Rituals in Bengali Folk Religion|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tGNUbHRGpMUC&pg=PA89&dq=brishabhanu&f|date=1 January 2003|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-5565-4|pages=89–}}</ref><ref name="GokhaleLal2018">{{cite book|author1=Namita Gokhale|author2=Malashri Lal|title=Finding Radha: The Quest for Love|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWJ7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT14|date=10 December 2018|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5305-361-1|pages=14–}}</ref> According to a different legend, the birth story of Radha is similar to [[Sita]], who was also an [[avatar]] of Lakshmi.<ref name="Mukundananda2015">{{cite book|author=Swami Mukundananda|title=Festivals of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYUaBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|date=4 January 2015|publisher=Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog|pages=76–|id=GGKEY:NQPDB6TQQBK}}</ref> When king Vrishabhanu went to take bath in a pond, he saw a baby girl on a lotus flower in the pond and took her to his home. The baby girl was named as Radha and was accepted as the daughter of Vrishabhanu and Kirtida.<ref name="Rosen2012">{{cite book|author=Steven Rosen|title=The Agni and the Ecstasy: Collected Essays of Steven J. Rosen|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=fYjX7W6SCLMC&pg=PA160&dq=kirtida&f|year=2012|publisher=Arktos|isbn=978-1-907166-79-2|pages=160–}}</ref><ref name="Prasad2015">{{cite book|author=Dev Prasad|title=Krishna: A Journey through the Lands & Legends of Krishna|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=o0_5caqiUH0C&pg=PT61&dq=lotus%20vrishabhanu&f|date=27 January 2015|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8495-170-7|pages=61–}}</ref>

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