Shloka 12
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
यवीयांसं तत: पूरं पुत्र स््ववशवर्तिनम् । राज्ये निवेशयामास विधेयं नृपसत्तम:
yavīyāṁsaṁ tataḥ pūraṁ putra svavaśavartinam | rājye niveśayāmāsa vidheyaṁ nṛpasattamaḥ ||
かくして王たちのうち最も優れた王は、父の指図に従いきって恭順なる年少の子プール（Pūru）を王座に据えた。この行いは統治のダルマの理を示す――権威とは、規律を備え、正当な命に服し、国の秩序を守り得る者に託されるべきものなのである。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate rule is entrusted to a successor who is disciplined and responsive to rightful authority; obedience and fitness for duty are presented as ethical qualifications for governance.
Vāyudeva narrates that the king appoints his younger son Pūru to the throne because Pūru is compliant and capable of being guided, indicating a deliberate choice of successor based on character and governability.