Shloka 1
Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)
गार्ग्यं गोष्ठ्यां द्विजं श्यालः षण्ड इत्य् उक्तवान् द्विज यदूनां संनिधौ सर्वे जहसुर् यादवास् ततः
gārgyaṃ goṣṭhyāṃ dvijaṃ śyālaḥ ṣaṇḍa ity uktavān dvija yadūnāṃ saṃnidhau sarve jahasur yādavās tataḥ
In the cattle-yard, a relative by marriage mocked the Brahmin Gārgya, calling him “Ṣaṇḍa”; and, in the very presence of the Yādavas, they all burst into laughter.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
FAQs
It functions as a narrative trigger: public ridicule of a Brahmin in the Yādavas’ presence establishes a moral fault-line that leads to consequential reactions and later developments in the Yadu lineage.
By highlighting a small social act—mockery in a public setting—Parāśara frames dynastic outcomes as rooted in dharma and adharma, where disrespect can ripple into lineage-level consequences.
Even in a seemingly secular court incident, the Purana’s worldview implies that order (dharma) under Vishnu’s sovereignty governs history: ethical breaches become causes within the divinely ordered fabric of time and lineage.