अपृच्छत् तनयं पूरुं वयसोनं गुणाधिकम् । न त्वमग्रजवद् वत्स मां प्रत्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ ४२ ॥
aprcchat tanayam purum vayasonam gunadhikam na tvam agrajavad vatsa mam pratyakhyatum arhasi
- aprcchat
- requested
- tanayam
- the son
- purum
- Puru
- vayasa
- by age
- unam
- although younger
- guna-adhikam
- better than the others by quality
- na
- not
- tvam
- you
- agraja-vat
- like your older brothers
- vatsa
- my dear son
- mam
- me
- pratyakhyatum
- to refuse
- arhasi
- ought.
King Yayati then requested Puru, who was younger than these three brothers but more qualified, “My dear son, do not be disobedient like your elder brothers, for that is not your duty.”