Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 27
भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival
बुधात् पुरूरवाश्षापि तस्मादायुर्भविष्यति । नहुषो भविता तस्माद् ययातिस्तस्य चात्मज:
Budhāt Purūravāś cāpi tasmād Āyur bhaviṣyati | Nahuṣo bhavitā tasmād Yayātis tasya cātmajaḥ ||
ພຣະອົງຕັດວ່າ: «ຈາກພຸດ (Budha) ຈະເກີດ ປຸຣູຣະວັສ (Purūravas) ດ້ວຍ. ຈາກປຸຣູຣະວັສ ຈະມີບຸດຊື່ ອາຍຸ (Āyu). ຈາກອາຍຸ ຈະເກີດ ນະຫຸສະ (Nahuṣa) ແລະຈາກນະຫຸສະ ຈະມີບຸດຂອງລາວຊື່ ຢະຢາຕິ (Yayāti)»។ ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສຽງເທວະໄດ້ຂຽນລຳດັບວົງສາກະສັດ ເຫັນການສືບຕໍ່ລາຊະວົງເປັນການຄ່ອຍໆຄລີ່ຄາຍຂອງຊະຕາກຳ ແລະການສືບທອດອັນຊອບທຳ.
ईश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes orderly succession and continuity of royal lineage: legitimate kingship is portrayed as arising through a divinely acknowledged chain of descent, reinforcing the cultural ideal that social and political order is sustained through rightful progeny and remembered ancestry.
Īśvara enumerates a genealogical sequence: Budha begets Purūravas; Purūravas begets Āyu; Āyu begets Nahuṣa; and Nahuṣa begets Yayāti—linking well-known figures of the Lunar dynasty within the Mahābhārata’s broader historical framework.