यदुश् च भरतश्रेष्ठ देवयान्याः सुतो ऽभवत् ॥
दौहित्रस् तात शुक्रस्य काव्यस्यामिततेजसः ॥
यादवानां कुलकरो बलवान् वीर्यसंमतः ॥
अवमेने स तु क्षत्रं दर्पपूर्णः सुमन्दधीः ॥
न चातिष्ठत् पितुः शास्त्रे बलदर्पविमोहितः ॥
अवमेने च पितरं भ्रातॄंश् चाप्य् अपराजितः ॥
पृथिव्यां चतुरन्तायां यदुर् एवाभवद् बली ॥
वशे कृत्वा स नृपतीन् अवसन् नागसाह्वये ॥
तं पिता परमक्रुद्धो ययातिर् नहुषात्मजः ॥
शशाप पुत्रं गान्धारे राज्याच् च व्यपरोपयत् ॥
yaduś ca bharataśreṣṭha devayānyāḥ suto 'bhavat ||
dauhitras tāta śukrasya kāvyasyāmitatejasaḥ ||
yādavānāṃ kulakaro balavān vīryasaṃmataḥ ||
avamene sa tu kṣatraṃ darpapūrṇaḥ sumandadhīḥ ||
na cātiṣṭhat pituḥ śāstre baladarpavimohitaḥ ||
avamene ca pitaraṃ bhrātṝṃś cāpy aparājitaḥ ||
pṛthivyāṃ caturantāyāṃ yadur evābhavad balī ||
vaśe kṛtvā sa nṛpatīn avasan nāgasāhvaye ||
taṃ pitā paramakruddho yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ ||
śaśāpa putraṃ gāndhāre rājyāc ca vyaparopayat ||
'Yadu, O best of the Bharatas, was the son of Devayani, dear one, the grandson through his mother of the mighty Shukra-Kavya. He became the founder of the Yadava line, strong and honored for his valor. But, full of pride and feeble in judgment, he scorned the warrior order. Blinded by the arrogance of his strength, he would not follow his father's teaching; unconquered, he despised both his father and his brothers. Across the whole earth to its four limits Yadu was mighty; having subdued the kings, he dwelt in Nagasahvaya. Then his father, Yayati, son of Nahusha, grew greatly enraged, cursed his son at Gandhara, and stripped him of the kingdom.'
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Dhritarashtra proves to Duryodhana the Pandavas' right not through abstract morality but through examples from their own family history. Seniority by itself does not confer power when dharma, the capacity to rule, and the consent of elders have been violated; legitimate succession belongs to the one who unites rightful claim with the qualities of a ruler.