Shloka 17
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
ततः परिषदो मध्ये युयुधानो मदोत्कट: । अब्रवीत् कृतवर्माणमवहास्यावमन्य च,पीते-पीते सात्यकि मदसे उन्मत्त हो उठे और यादवोंकी उस सभामें कृतवर्माका उपहास तथा अपमान करते हुए इस प्रकार बोले--
tataḥ pariṣado madhye yuyudhāno madotkaṭaḥ | abravīt kṛtavarmāṇam avahāsyāvamannya ca ||
ततः परिषदो मध्ये युयुधानो मदोत्कटः । अब्रवीत् कृतवर्माणमवहास्यावमन्य च ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intoxication and arrogance erode dharma: loss of self-control leads to disrespect in public, which escalates conflict. Ethically, it warns that speech driven by pride and drink can become the immediate cause of irreversible ruin.
In the Yādava assembly, Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), drunk and aggressive, begins to mock and insult Kṛtavarmā. This public provocation is part of the chain of quarrels that will soon erupt into the internecine destruction of the Yādavas.