Valadhi

Yavakrita has obtained every boon he desired, and his father Bharadvaja sees the danger. To warn his son against arrogance, Bharadvaja tells him the ancient story of Medhavi — a sage's son who believed himself untouchable, insulted the wrong man, and died when the mountains that held his life were shattered by buffaloes.

Valadhi, grieving for a son, performed austerities until the gods granted him one — but with a condition: the boy would be mortal, his life-span tied to the mountains. When Medhavi grew insolent and insulted the sage Dhanushaksha, the curse meant nothing — until Dhanushaksha understood where the boy's life truly lived.