Yayati said : Hear all of you of the four orders of the caste with the Brahmanas at their head, why my kingdom should not be given to my eldest son.
ययातिरुवाच ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णाः सर्वे शृण्वन्तु मे वचः। ज्येष्ठं प्रति यथा राज्यं न देयं मे कथंचन॥