Shloka 7
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
यादवानां कुलकरो बलवान् वीर्यसम्मत: । अवमेने स तु क्षत्रं दर्पपूर्ण: सुमन्दधी:
yādavānāṃ kulakaro balavān vīryasammataḥ | avamene sa tu kṣatraṃ darpapūrṇaḥ sumandadhīḥ ||
ວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ລາວເປັນຜູ້ສ້າງສາຍວົງຢາດະວະ ມີກຳລັງແກ່ກ້າ ແລະໄດ້ຮັບການຍອມຮັບໃນວິລະກຳ. ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກປັນຍາທຶບທື່ ແລະຄວາມຍິ່ງຍໂສພອງພູ ລາວກ້າຫມິ່ນປະມາດຊັ້ນກະສັດຮົບ (ກະສັດຕຣິຍະ) ທັງປວງ»។
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts outer excellence (strength, valor, lineage-founder status) with inner failure (dull judgment and pride). It warns that arrogance can corrupt even the mighty, leading to adharma expressed as contempt for others—here, the kṣatriya order.
Vāyu is describing a powerful progenitor of the Yādavas. Despite his recognized heroism, he became prideful and, in that arrogance, insulted the kṣatriyas as a whole—setting a moral frame for the consequences of hubris within royal/warrior culture.