Mahabharata 16.1.18 — Mausala Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 18
अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्
Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction
इत्युक्तास्ते तदा राजन् विप्रलम्भप्रधर्षिता: । प्रत्यब्रुवंस्तान् मुनयो यत् तच्छुणु नराधिप
ity uktās te tadā rājan vipralambha-pradharṣitāḥ | praty abruvaṃs tān munayo yat tac chṛṇu narādhipa ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, when those Yādavas had spoken thus and, by their deceitful mockery, had insulted the sages, the munis replied to those youths. Listen, O lord of men, to what they said.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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Mockery and deceit toward the wise—especially ascetics devoted to truth—constitute adharma and invite grave consequences; disrespect for spiritual authority becomes a seed for collective downfall.
After the Yādava youths deceive and deride the visiting sages, the sages respond—setting up the decisive reply (and ensuing curse) that will drive the Mausala Parva’s account of the Yādavas’ destruction.
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