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य चैनमन्ववर्तन्त भ्रातरो बलदर्पितम् । शशाप तानपि क्रुद्धो ययातिस्तनयानथ॥५-१४७-११॥
And those brothers who followed him in that arrogance of strength—Yayāti, angered, pronounced a curse upon them also, his sons.
english translation
यवीयांसं ततः पूरुं पुत्रं स्ववशवर्तिनम् । राज्ये निवेशयामास विधेयं नृपसत्तमः॥५-१४७-१२॥
Thereafter the best of kings installed the younger son Pūru—obedient and under his father’s direction—into the kingship.
english translation
एवं ज्येष्ठोऽप्यथोत्सिक्तो न राज्यमभिजायते । यवीयांसोऽभिजायन्ते राज्यं वृद्धोपसेवया॥५-१४७-१३॥
Thus, even the eldest son, when swollen with arrogance, does not attain kingship; younger sons attain sovereignty through service to elders.
english translation
तथैव सर्वधर्मज्ञः पितुर्मम पितामहः । प्रतीपः पृथिवीपालस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः॥५-१४७-१४॥
So too, my father’s father, Pratīpa—the protector of the earth—knew all dharmas and was renowned across the three worlds.
english translation
तस्य पार्थिवसिंहस्य राज्यं धर्मेण शासतः । त्रयः प्रजज्ञिरे पुत्रा देवकल्पा यशस्विनः॥५-१४७-१५॥
While that lion among kings governed his realm in accordance with dharma, three sons were born to him—glorious and comparable to the gods.
english translation