Sages & Others
Uparichara Vasu
उपरिचर वसु
The Sky-Going King of Chedi
Who was Uparichara Vasu?
Uparichara Vasu (उपरिचर वसु): The Sky-Going King of Chedi, one of the sages and supporting figures in the Mahabharata. The pious king of Chedi who traveled the sky by Indra's gift.
Quick Facts
| Sanskrit name | उपरिचर वसु |
|---|---|
| Title / Epithet | The Sky-Going King of Chedi |
| Faction | Sages & Others |
| Key traits | pious, celestial, ancestral |
| Featured in | 9 stories |
About Uparichara Vasu
The pious king of Chedi who traveled the sky by Indra's gift. Through the fish-born Satyavati, his line flows into the very ancestry of the Kuru epic.
In Their Words
Rule by dharma, and even the sky is a road.
Uparichara Vasu
Traits
- pious
- celestial
- ancestral
Story Appearances
Stories Featuring Uparichara Vasu
8 further tales on this site name Uparichara Vasu, in canonical reading order.
- Ancient BeginningsThe Earth's Plea, the Descent of the Gods, and the Sages Who Began the Telling
- The Pole Raised for a FriendA king who came down from his penance, and the festival he left behind
- Chedi, Kingdom of the Sky-Going KingFrom Uparichara Vasu to Shishupala
- The Guest Nobody Could SeeBrihaspati throws down the ladle at a sacrifice where no animal was killed
- The Word That Meant Two ThingsKing Vasu judges what aja means, and falls out of the sky
- The Fourfold Religion of CompassionBhishma on abstaining from meat, and the kings who kept the vow
- The Rain Agastya Did Not NeedTwelve years of drought against one sage's seeds
- The Kings Who Gave LawfullyIndra refuses the Rishis, a king answers too quickly, and the names of those who reached heaven by honest gifts
Places in Uparichara Vasu's Story
Drawn from the stories Uparichara Vasu appears in.
Related Characters
Others counted among the Sages & Others.