Varshney (or Barahseni) is a version of a name first used by Arjuna to address Krishna in the Mahābhārata (Chapter 1, Shloka 41, Swami Sivananda translation). There is some debate over whether Varshneys belong to the Vaishya (merchants and artisans) or Kshatriya (warriors, rulers and politicians) caste.[citation needed]
Varshneys are the progenies of Shri Akrur Ji Maharaja. Varshney Community is primarily based in western UP and traditionally represents the traders’ community. However, presently the Varshney community represents well-educated strata of society which can boast of having professionals ( Doctors, Engineers, CA’s etc), Civil Servants ( IAS, PCS etc), Entrepreneurs, in addition to the conventional business of trading. Now Varshneys could be found anywhere in India and in most of the developed countries
Shri Varshney Samaj - Varshney site run by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh. Varshney Samaj NOIDA (VSN) has prepared this site for a dialogue across the members and well wishers of Varshney community present anywhere on the Globe. This site would help you in locating your relatives in India, provide matrimonial, academic and employment solutions. The site also presents brief information about expertise available in various fields in the community.
1;-bhagwat ke navam skandh ke adhyay 23 ke shlok 28,29 ko sath padhne par malum hota hai ki chandra vanshiya chatriya kul main RAJA YADU ke vansh main VRASHNI namak pratapi raja the aur unhi ke nam par hamari community ka nam pada.. 2;LORD KRISHNA bhi hamare hi kul main paida hue , jiska detail BHAGWAT GITA ke PAHLE ADHYAY KE SHLOK 4 , nd ADHYAY 3 KE SHLOK 36 main milta hai , jahan ki KRISHNA ko VARSHNEY kaha gaya hai. 3; sanskrit sahitya main AGATSYA rishi ne bhi krishna ko varshney kaha hai... 4;-so basiclly hum log chatriya the but proffasion based cast pattern ki wajah se hum log baniya ho gye. 5;-mathura aur uske aroun 84 kosh main is community ki presence hamari marriges ki SHAKHACHAR rivaz se clear hai.. 6;-mathura ,brindavan ke beech main AKRUR GHAT par GOPI NATH JI ka temple hai. is temple ko varshney community main bahut manyta hai. is mandir par sirf varshney logo ka prasad hi chadhta hai.
Chandra vanshi kshatriya aur Yaduvanshi(Yadu se Yadu vanshi.Yayati had five sons - Yadu,Puru,Anu,Turvasu and Druhyu) kab se vaishya ho gaye?. Soch,vavhyar se kahin se bhi adiktar barahseni vaishya ya bania nahin lagte hein. Kshatriya jati had always kept their ancestors name while naming themselves or places.e.g. Raghav Ram - surya vanshi kshatriya,Vasudeva Krishna - chandra vanshiya kshatriya.There were always people from Yadu kul who used to trade and look after businesses, but collectively they used to elect their kings(batwara se badia hai,people from Puru kul and others used to do batwara-sari mahabharat issi baat per ho gayi).
VRASHNI nahin Vrshni hai sahi naam and Varshneya means descedants of Vrshni. In sanskrit, Vrshni means Paurush-purn i.e. manly. Aaj bhi east europe mein Vrsni as a first name mil jate hein. So by naming Varshney itself, a declaration is made of being Kshatriya.(soch,vayvhar se bhi kshatriya hein)
Some of regions of Bharatvarsh are still being named after proginies of Yayati. Bharat(India),Hasti(Hastinapur) were of Puru kul. Vidhrbha region is named after Vidhrbha of Yadu kul. Shoorya mandal(Braj mandal consists of Mathura and Shoorya mandal)was named after Shoorasen - father of Vasudeva and grandfather of Krshniji. It's capital was Bateshwar near Agra,Bateshwar still exist near Agra. Anga,Vanga(Bengal),Kalinga,Champa were descendants of Anu(Yayati's son). Ghandhar,Kerala(presently Kerala state),Chola,Pandya were sons of Ghandira, descendant of Turvasu(Yayati's son). These names still exist.Kerala,Chola and Pandya moved from present Afghanistan to south of Bharatvarsh and established their kingdom(s).
Raja Satvak ke 7 bete the Vrshni,Andhaka,Mahabhoj,Divvya,Bhajman,Devavradha and Bhaji. Akruraji(son of Svaphalka and grandon of Prsni had two sons-Devaka and Updevaka. Svaphalka,brother of Chitaratha had twelve sons called Akrura,Asanga,Sarameya,Mrdura,Mrduvadiri,Dharmavraddha,Sukarman,Ksatropeksa,Arimardana,Satrughna,Gandhamadana and Pratibhau) was 5th generation of Raja Vrshni. Kans was in Andhak Kul and Krishniji(son of Vasudevaji and grandson of Shoorsen,and Shoorsen-who was descendant of Chitaratha-brother of Svaphalka) was married to Rukmini in Mahabhoj Kul(Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaji's mother Jijibai was from this kul, many people call themselves Jadav from this kul). Krishniji's other wife Satyabhama was daughter of Satrajit(son of Nighna,Nighna was brother of Sini,Prsni) and fourth genegration of Vrshni hence of Vrshni kul.
Akrurji(Akrur ka matlab jo kroor na ho - who is not cruel) was highly regarded by all in Vrshni, Andhak and Bhoj kul. He was quite instrumental in Krsnji's life.He was kul parvartak and kul shiromani then and at present. That is why Varshneya's are progenies of Akrurji.(issiliye Akrurji ko swyamtak mani ki reksha karne ke liye diya gaya tha.)
Satyaki(of Sini Kul-Sini was great grand son of Vrshni and brother of Prsni-Akrurji's grandfather and father of Satyaki- separated from Vrshni kul because of some fight with people of Andhak kul) and Kritverma(of Andhak Kul) were MahaRathi(and commander in Mahabharat war). They kept fighting among themselves in the war and after. This was the very cause of Vrshni,Andhak and Bhoj kul destruction in Prabhas which was near-shore Dwarka(sab mara-khap gaye).
Vrajvallabh(Krsniji's great grandson, only some Vrshni's were left after travelling from Dwarka to Brijmandal) was crowned king of Indraprastha under Prakishit by Pandavs, before going to forest.He had asked Akrurji's widow's to stay in Brij Mandal,instead of going to forest or become sati. Panchaal desh se-Puru Kul wale(Dhrupad,Dristdhuymna,etc) kampilya se kuch log, Ganga paar aa ker bas gaye. They were called Kampilyawale.This place began to be named Kampilyagarh and then KOIL. This is the old name of Aligarh.KOIL is still a tehsil in present day Aligarh district. They were considered barahwan(12th) sen(Kampilya wale were always close to Vrshni's-in marriages and other terms). Hence Varshneya's are called Barahseni's.(Yaduvanshi pahle garayahaseni the.)
Progenies of Sini/Satyaki(they were established in Sindh by Pandav Arjun) call themselves Saini's or Sini(some of them were intermarried into Jats, hence call themselves Jats). A family of these Jats came from Sindh and settled in Bayana-Brij Mandal and fought with Aurangjeb to form independent state of Bharatpur. Rashtrakuta dynasty were probably descendants of Satyaki and Mahabhoj. Seuna yadavs of Devgiri used to call themselves Maratha(derived from MahaRathi and lay the foundation of Marathi and Maharashtra-in Mahabaharat times and later Mahabhoj kul wale were always considered best Rathi i.e. warriors on chariots).Coins from these MahaRathi state/region can be found in museums.Ellora temples and now caves were built by them.
Mathura was a metropolitan city with Taxila,Patliputra,Ujjain,Saket,etc. Mathura,Patliputra,Ujjain was significantly destroyed by Sakas,Kushan's between 100BC-250 AD. Mounds and hills are still visible in Brijmandal.Vikram Samvat Calender is the celebration of victory by Raja Vikramditya of Malwa(capitol -Ujjain,some Malavas moved to this region hence called Malwa) over Saka's(and Vikram-Vaital moral stories,written by Vaitalbhatt are prevalent).
Before Maurya empire, Shouryasen was a kingdom. Before Gupta empire Mathura-Vrshni was a kingdom, coins of these kingdoms are kept in Mathura,Lucknow,London museums. To honour, of the 58 panels at display on outer corridor of ground floor of Indian Parliament(Sansad Bhavan),panel 11 displays a mural of scene representing the meeting of the elders of the Lichchhavi kul, showing the coins of the earlier Ganas such as Andhakas, Vrishnis, Yaudheyas, Malavas, etc.
