Shloka 10
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
तं पिता परमक्रुद्धों ययातिर्नहुषात्मज: । शशाप पुत्र गान्धारे राज्याच्चापि व्यरोपयत्,'गान्धारीपुत्र! यदुके पिता नहुषनन्दन ययातिने अत्यन्त कुपित होकर यदुको शाप दे दिया और उन्हें राज्यसे भी उतार दिया
taṃ pitā paramakruddho yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ | śaśāpa putraṃ gāndhāre rājyāccāpi vyaropayat ||
Then his father, Yayāti—the son of Nahuṣa—seized by extreme anger, cursed his son and also removed him from the kingship in Gāndhāra.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of familial dharma and restraint: when a son violates duty or provokes grave offense, the father’s authority—expressed as curse and deposition—can strip worldly power, showing that kingship depends on moral order, not merely inheritance.
Vāyudeva recounts that Yayāti, furious, cursed his son and removed him from rule in Gāndhāra, marking a decisive break in succession and setting consequences in motion through the power of a paternal śāpa.