Matsyapurana 25.1

25.1

*ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kimarthaṃ pauravo vaṃśaḥ śreṣṭhatvaṃ prāpa bhūtale
jyeṣṭhasyāpi yadorvaṃśaḥ kimarthaṃ hīyate śriyā //

The Ṛiṣis asked :—Why Paurava dynasty became so illustrious and why Yadu the eldest of Yayati's sons became the founder of an inferior and poor dynasty. Besides this O ! Sûta, relate to us at length other things connected with the history of Yayâti, because his virtue which is the giver of long life is held in high esteem even by the Devas.—1-2.