Shloka 4
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि पञठ्च राजर्षिसत्तमा: । तेषां यदुर्महातेजा ज्येष्ठ: समभवत् प्रभु:
tasya putrā babhūvur hi pañca rājarṣi-sattamāḥ | teṣāṁ yadur mahātejā jyeṣṭhaḥ samabhavat prabhuḥ |
Of him were born five sons, all foremost among royal seers. Among them, Yadu—of great splendor—became the eldest, a powerful lord.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames dynastic history through a dharmic lens: ideal rulers are portrayed as rājarṣis—kings whose authority is legitimized by ethical and spiritual excellence—so lineage is not merely biological but a vehicle for righteous governance.
Vāyudeva recounts a genealogical detail: five sons were born to the referenced ancestor, and among them Yadu is identified as the eldest and powerful, establishing precedence and the prominence of Yadu within the line.