Shloka 16
The Curse on the Yadus Begins: Kṛṣṇa’s Plan to Withdraw His Dynasty
एवं प्रलब्धा मुनयस्तानूचु: कुपिता नृप । जनयिष्यति वो मन्दा मुषलं कुलनाशनम् ॥ १६ ॥
evaṁ pralabdhā munayas tān ūcuḥ kupitā nṛpa janayiṣyati vo mandā muṣalaṁ kula-nāśanam
အို မင်းကြီး၊ လှည့်စား၍ လှောင်ပြောင်ခံရသဖြင့် မုနိများသည် ဒေါသထွက်ကာ လူငယ်များကို ပြောကြသည်—“မိုက်မဲသူတို့! သူမသည် သင်တို့အတွက် မုသလ (သံဒဏ္ဍာ) တစ်ချောင်းကို မွေးဖွားမည်၊ ထိုအရာက သင်တို့၏ မျိုးရိုးတစ်ခုလုံးကို ဖျက်ဆီးလိမ့်မည်။”
The four defects of the conditioned soul, namely the tendency to commit mistakes ( bhrama ), illusion ( pramāda ), imperfect senses ( karaṇāpāṭava ) and the tendency to cheat ( vipralipsā ), are not found in pure devotees of the Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa, however, arranged for the young members of His own family, the Yadu dynasty, to exhibit the dangerous lower propensities of mankind. Thus the Yādava boys imitated the activities of the followers of a pseudodevotional cult.
FAQs
This verse shows that mocking saintly persons provokes grave karmic consequences—here, the sages’ curse manifests as a muṣala (pestle) that becomes the instrument for the Yadu dynasty’s destruction.
Because the Yadus (through prank and ridicule) insulted the visiting sages; angered by this disrespect, the sages pronounced a curse that their folly would produce a pestle causing their family’s ruin.
Avoid ridiculing sincere spiritual people and sacred matters; cultivate humility and respectful speech, since careless mockery can trigger lasting harm to one’s community, reputation, and inner spiritual progress.