Yayati's Line and the Exchange of Youth

Verse 1 (1.69.1)

त्वत्तः श्रुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्देवदानवरक्षसाम् । अंशावतरणं सम्यग्गन्धर्वाप्सरसां तथा ॥

tvattaḥ śrutamidaṃ brahmandevadānavarakṣasām | aṃśāvataraṇaṃ samyaggandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā

I have heard from you, O brahmin, a full account of how the gods, the Danavas and the Rakshasas, and likewise the Gandharvas and the Apsarases, descended to earth in part.

Verse 2 (1.69.2)

इमं तु भूय इच्छामि कुरूणां वंशमादितः । कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र विप्रर्षिगणसन्निधौ ॥

imaṃ tu bhūya icchāmi kurūṇāṃ vaṃśamāditaḥ | kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra viprarṣigaṇasannidhau

But now I wish to hear once more the lineage of the Kurus from its beginning, told by you, learned one, in the presence of this assembly of brahmin seers.

Verse 3 (1.69.3)

धर्मार्थकामसहितं राजर्षीणां प्रकीर्तितम् । पवित्रं कीर्त्यमानं मे निबोधेदं मनीषिणाम् ॥

dharmārthakāmasahitaṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ prakīrtitam | pavitraṃ kīrtyamānaṃ me nibodhedaṃ manīṣiṇām

Learn from me this account of the royal sages, proclaimed by the wise: it is joined with dharma, wealth and desire, and it purifies those who recite it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 4 (1.69.4)

प्रजापतेस्तु दक्षस्य मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य च । भरतस्य कुरोः पूरोराजमीढस्य चानघ ॥

prajāpatestu dakṣasya manorvaivasvatasya ca | bharatasya kuroḥ pūrorājamīḍhasya cānagha

In the line of Prajapati Daksha, of Manu son of Vivasvat, of Bharata, Kuru, Puru and Ajamidha, O sinless one,

Verse 5 (1.69.5)

यादवानामिमं वंशं कौरवाणां च सर्वशः । तथैव भरतानां च पुण्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥

yādavānāmimaṃ vaṃśaṃ kauravāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | tathaiva bharatānāṃ ca puṇyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat

this lineage of the Yadavas, of the Kauravas in all their branches, and likewise of the Bharatas, is holy and a great source of blessing;

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.2ab of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 6 (1.69.6)

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ । तेजोभिरुदिताः सर्वे महर्षिसमतेजसः ॥

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi te'nagha | tejobhiruditāḥ sarve maharṣisamatejasaḥ

it brings wealth, fame and long life, and I shall recount it to you, O sinless one. All of them rose by their own brilliance and shone like the great sages.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.2e and 1.70.3a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 7 (1.69.7)

दश प्राचेतसः पुत्राः सन्तः पुण्यजनाः स्मृताः । मुखजेनाग्निना यैस्ते पूर्वं दग्धा महौजसः ॥

daśa prācetasaḥ putrāḥ santaḥ puṇyajanāḥ smṛtāḥ | mukhajenāgninā yaiste pūrvaṃ dagdhā mahaujasaḥ

The ten sons of Pracetas are remembered as virtuous men; it was they who long ago burnt the mighty trees with fire born from their mouths.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.3ce of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 8 (1.69.8)

तेभ्यः प्राचेतसो जज्ञे दक्षो दक्षादिमाः प्रजाः । संभूताः पुरुषव्याघ्र स हि लोकपितामहः ॥

tebhyaḥ prācetaso jajñe dakṣo dakṣādimāḥ prajāḥ | saṃbhūtāḥ puruṣavyāghra sa hi lokapitāmahaḥ

From them was born Daksha, son of the Pracetases, and from Daksha, O tiger among men, all these creatures came into being; for he is the grandsire of the worlds.

Verse 9 (1.69.9)

वीरिण्या सह सङ्गम्य दक्षः प्राचेतसो मुनिः । आत्मतुल्यानजनयत्सहस्रं संशितव्रतान् ॥

vīriṇyā saha saṅgamya dakṣaḥ prācetaso muniḥ | ātmatulyānajanayatsahasraṃ saṃśitavratān

Uniting with Virini, the sage Daksha, son of the Pracetases, begot a thousand sons like himself, firm in their vows.

Verse 10 (1.69.10)

सहस्रसङ्ख्यानसंभूतान्दक्षपुत्रांश्च नारदः । मोक्षमध्यापयामास साङ्ख्यज्ञानमनुत्तमम् ॥

sahasrasaṅkhyānasaṃbhūtāndakṣaputrāṃśca nāradaḥ | mokṣamadhyāpayāmāsa sāṅkhyajñānamanuttamam

Narada taught those thousand sons of Daksha the way to liberation, the unsurpassed knowledge of Sankhya.

Verse 11 (1.69.11)

नाशार्थं योजयामास दिगन्तज्ञानकर्मसु । ततः पञ्चाशतं कन्याः पुत्रिका अभिसन्दधे । प्रजापतिः प्रजा दक्षः सिसृक्षुर्जनमेजय ॥

nāśārthaṃ yojayāmāsa digantajñānakarmasu | tataḥ pañcāśataṃ kanyāḥ putrikā abhisandadhe | prajāpatiḥ prajā dakṣaḥ sisṛkṣurjanamejaya

To their undoing, he set them to the task of finding the ends of the directions. Then Daksha the Prajapati, wishing to create offspring, O Janamejaya, appointed fifty daughters as putrikas, daughters whose sons would carry on his own line.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. The first line (नाशार्थं योजयामास…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the other two lines = 1.70.7. Corrected कन्या → कन्याः (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative plural is required before पुत्रिकाः, as in the critical edition's kanyāḥ).

Verse 12 (1.69.12)

ददौ दश स धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । कालस्य नयने युक्ताः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे ॥

dadau daśa sa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa | kālasya nayane yuktāḥ saptaviṃśatimindave

He gave ten to Dharma and thirteen to Kashyapa, and twenty-seven, who are engaged in the reckoning of time, to the Moon.

Verse 13 (1.69.13)

त्रयोदशानां पत्नीनां या तु दाक्षायणी वरा । मारीचः कश्यपस्त्वस्यामादित्यान्समजीजनत् ॥

trayodaśānāṃ patnīnāṃ yā tu dākṣāyaṇī varā | mārīcaḥ kaśyapastvasyāmādityānsamajījanat

Of the thirteen wives, the foremost was a daughter of Daksha, and in her Kashyapa, son of Marici, begot the Adityas:

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.9ac of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 14 (1.69.14)

इन्द्रादीन्वीर्यसंपन्नान्विवस्वन्तमथापि च । विवस्वतः सुतो जज्ञे यमो वैवस्वतः प्रभुः ॥

indrādīnvīryasaṃpannānvivasvantamathāpi ca | vivasvataḥ suto jajñe yamo vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ

Indra and the others, full of valour, and Vivasvat too. To Vivasvat was born a son, the lord Yama, called Vaivasvata.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.9e and 1.70.10a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 15 (1.69.15)

मार्ताण्डस्य यमी चापि सुता राजन्नजायत । मार्तण्डस्य मनुर्धीमानजायत सुतः प्रभुः ॥

mārtāṇḍasya yamī cāpi sutā rājannajāyata | mārtaṇḍasya manurdhīmānajāyata sutaḥ prabhuḥ

To Martanda a daughter, Yami, was also born, O king; and to Martanda was born a son, the wise lord Manu.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the first line. The first line (Yami as Martanda's daughter) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); in its place the critical edition has 1.70.10c, which makes Martanda a son of Yama. The second line = 1.70.11a.

Verse 16 (1.69.16)

धर्मात्मा स मनुर्धीमान्यत्र वंशः प्रतिष्ठितः । मनोर्वंशो मानवानां ततोऽयं प्रथितोऽभवत् ॥

dharmātmā sa manurdhīmānyatra vaṃśaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | manorvaṃśo mānavānāṃ tato'yaṃ prathito'bhavat

That Manu was righteous and wise, and in him the lineage was established. From Manu sprang the race of men, which thereafter became renowned.

Note on the text: The first line (धर्मात्मा स मनुर्धीमान्…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second = 1.70.11c.

Verse 17 (1.69.17)

ब्रह्मक्षत्रादयस्तस्मान्मनोर्जातास्तु मानवाः । ततोऽभवन्महाराज ब्रह्म क्षत्रेण सङ्गतम् ॥

brahmakṣatrādayastasmānmanorjātāstu mānavāḥ | tato'bhavanmahārāja brahma kṣatreṇa saṅgatam

Brahmins, kshatriyas and the rest, all humankind, were born of that Manu. Then, great king, the brahmin order came to be joined with the kshatriya.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.11e and, in a variant form, 1.70.12a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 18 (1.69.18)

ब्राह्मणा मानवास्तेषां साङ्गं वेदमधारयन् । वेनं धृष्णुं नरिष्यन्तं नाभागेक्ष्वाकुमेव च ॥

brāhmaṇā mānavāsteṣāṃ sāṅgaṃ vedamadhārayan | venaṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ nariṣyantaṃ nābhāgekṣvākumeva ca

Among them, the brahmin sons of Manu upheld the Veda with its limbs. Vena, Dhrishnu, Narishyanta, Nabhaga and Ikshvaku,

Note on the text: Corrected वेदमदारयन् → वेदमधारयन् (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध, "they upheld"; the critical edition has the same sense in adīdharan). Lines correspond to 1.70.12c and 1.70.13a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 19 (1.69.19)

कारूषमथ शर्यातिं तथा चैवाष्टमीमिलाम् । पृषध्रं नवमं प्राहुः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणम् ॥

kārūṣamatha śaryātiṃ tathā caivāṣṭamīmilām | pṛṣadhraṃ navamaṃ prāhuḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇam

Karusha, Sharyati, and Ila the eighth; and they name as the ninth Prishadhra, devoted to the dharma of warriors;

Note on the text: Corrected पृष्टध्रं → पृषध्रं (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Prishadhra, critical edition pṛṣadhra-). Lines correspond to 1.70.13c and 1.70.14a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 20 (1.69.20)

नाभागारिष्टदशमान्मनोः पुत्रान्प्रचक्षते । पञ्चाशत्तु मनोः पुत्रास्तथैवान्येऽभवन्क्षितौ ॥

nābhāgāriṣṭadaśamānmanoḥ putrānpracakṣate | pañcāśattu manoḥ putrāstathaivānye'bhavankṣitau

with Nabhagarishta as the tenth, these are declared to be the sons of Manu. Manu also had fifty other sons on the earth,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.14c and 1.70.15a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 21 (1.69.21)

अन्योन्यभेदात्ते सर्वे विनेशुरिति नः श्रुतम् । पुरूरवास्ततो विद्वानिलायां समपद्यत ॥

anyonyabhedātte sarve vineśuriti naḥ śrutam | purūravāstato vidvānilāyāṃ samapadyata

but all of them perished by quarrelling among themselves, so we have heard. Then the learned Pururavas was born of Ila.

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.15c and 1.70.16a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 22 (1.69.22)

सा वै तस्याभवन्माता पिता चैवेति नः श्रुतम् । त्रयोदश समुद्रस्य द्वीपानश्नन्पुरूरवाः ॥

sā vai tasyābhavanmātā pitā caiveti naḥ śrutam | trayodaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnanpurūravāḥ

Ila was both his mother and his father, so we have heard. Pururavas held sway over thirteen islands of the ocean,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.16c and 1.70.17a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 23 (1.69.23)

अमानुषैर्वृतः सत्त्वैर्मानुषः सन्महायशाः । विप्रैः स विग्रहं चक्रे वीर्योन्मत्तः पुरूरवाः ॥

amānuṣairvṛtaḥ sattvairmānuṣaḥ sanmahāyaśāḥ | vipraiḥ sa vigrahaṃ cakre vīryonmattaḥ purūravāḥ

and though a man, that glorious king was attended by beings who were not human. Drunk with his own might, Pururavas made war on the brahmins,

Note on the text: Corrected सत्वैर् → सत्त्वैर् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् in sattva, as in the critical edition). Lines correspond to 1.70.17c and 1.70.18a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 24 (1.69.24)

जहार च स विप्राणां रत्नान्युत्क्रोशतामपि । सनत्कुमारस्तं राजन्ब्रह्मलोकादुपेत्य ह ॥

jahāra ca sa viprāṇāṃ ratnānyutkrośatāmapi | sanatkumārastaṃ rājanbrahmalokādupetya ha

and seized the brahmins' treasures even as they cried out. Sanatkumara came to him from the world of Brahma, O king,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.18c and 1.70.19a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 25 (1.69.25)

अनुदर्शं ततश्चक्रे प्रत्यगृह्णान्न चाप्यसौ । ततो महर्षिभिः क्रुद्धैः सद्यः शप्तो व्यनश्यत ॥

anudarśaṃ tataścakre pratyagṛhṇānna cāpyasau | tato maharṣibhiḥ kruddhaiḥ sadyaḥ śapto vyanaśyata

and admonished him, but he would not accept the counsel. Then, cursed by the angry great sages, he perished at once,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.19c and 1.70.20a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 26 (1.69.26)

लोभान्वितो बलमदान्नष्टसंज्ञो नराधिपः । स हि गन्धर्वलोकस्थानुर्वश्या सहितो विराट् ॥

lobhānvito balamadānnaṣṭasaṃjño narādhipaḥ | sa hi gandharvalokasthānurvaśyā sahito virāṭ

that ruler of men, gripped by greed and robbed of his senses by the pride of strength. It was this sovereign who, together with Urvashi,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.20c and 1.70.21a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 27 (1.69.27)

आनिनाय क्रियार्थेऽग्नीन्यथावद्विहितांस्त्रिधा । षट् सुता जज्ञिरे चैलादायुर्धीमानमावसुः ॥

ānināya kriyārthe'gnīnyathāvadvihitāṃstridhā | ṣaṭ sutā jajñire cailādāyurdhīmānamāvasuḥ

brought from the world of the Gandharvas the sacred fires, duly set in three, for the performance of rites. Six sons were born to the son of Ila: Ayu, wise Amavasu,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.21c and 1.70.22a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 28 (1.69.28)

दृढायुश्च वनायुश्च शतायुश्चोर्वशीसुताः । नहुषं वृद्धशर्माणं रजिं गयमनेनसम् ॥

dṛḍhāyuśca vanāyuśca śatāyuścorvaśīsutāḥ | nahuṣaṃ vṛddhaśarmāṇaṃ rajiṃ gayamanenasam

Dridhayu, Vanayu and Shatayu: these were the sons of Urvashi. Nahusha, Vriddhasharman, Raji, Gaya and Anenas,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.22c and 1.70.23a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 29 (1.69.29)

स्वर्भानवीसुतानेतानायोः पुत्रान्प्रचक्षते । आयुषो नहुषः पुत्रो धीमान्सत्यपराक्रमः ॥

svarbhānavīsutānetānāyoḥ putrānpracakṣate | āyuṣo nahuṣaḥ putro dhīmānsatyaparākramaḥ

these sons of Svarbhanavi are said to be the sons of Ayu. Nahusha, son of Ayu, was wise and truly valiant;

Note on the text: Joined स्वर्भानवी सुतान् → स्वर्भानवीसुतान् (misprint in Wikisource; the compound "sons of Svarbhanavi" was split by a stray space, the critical edition has svarbhānavīsutān). Lines correspond to 1.70.23c and 1.70.24a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 30 (1.69.30)

राज्यं शशास सुमहद्धर्मेण पृथिवीपते । पितॄन्देवानृषीन्विप्रान्गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसान् ॥

rājyaṃ śaśāsa sumahaddharmeṇa pṛthivīpate | pitṝndevānṛṣīnviprāngandharvoragarākṣasān

he ruled a vast kingdom with righteousness, O lord of the earth. The ancestors, gods, sages and brahmins, the Gandharvas, serpents and Rakshasas,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.24c and 1.70.25a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 31 (1.69.31)

नहुषः पालयामास ब्रह्मक्षत्रमथो विशः । स हत्वा दस्युसंघातानृषीन्करमदापयत् ॥

nahuṣaḥ pālayāmāsa brahmakṣatramatho viśaḥ | sa hatvā dasyusaṃghātānṛṣīnkaramadāpayat

and the brahmins, kshatriyas and vaishyas, Nahusha protected them all. Having slain the hordes of Dasyus, he made the sages pay him tribute,

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.25c and 1.70.26a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 32 (1.69.32)

पशुवच्चैव तान्पृष्ठे वाहयामास वीर्यवान् । कारयामास चेन्द्रत्वमभिभूय दिवौकसः ॥

paśuvaccaiva tānpṛṣṭhe vāhayāmāsa vīryavān | kārayāmāsa cendratvamabhibhūya divaukasaḥ

and that mighty king made them carry him on their backs like beasts. Overpowering the dwellers of heaven, he held the rank of Indra

Note on the text: Lines correspond to 1.70.26c and 1.70.27a of the critical edition. (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 33 (1.69.33)

तेजसा तपसा चैव विक्रमेणौजसा तथा । विश्लिष्टो नहुषः शप्तः सद्यो ह्यजगरोऽभवत् । यतिं ययातिं संयातिमायातिमयतिं ध्रुवम् ॥

tejasā tapasā caiva vikrameṇaujasā tathā | viśliṣṭo nahuṣaḥ śaptaḥ sadyo hyajagaro'bhavat | yatiṃ yayātiṃ saṃyātimāyātimayatiṃ dhruvam

by his brilliance, his austerity, his valour and his strength. Then, fallen from that state, Nahusha was cursed and at once became a python. Yati, Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, Ayati and Dhruva:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and a quote mark) around the middle line. The first line = 1.70.27c; the middle line (विश्लिष्टो नहुषः शप्तः…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the last line is a variant of 1.70.28a, with different names for the last two sons (critical edition pāñcam uddhavam). (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 34 (1.69.34)

नहुषो जनयामास षट् सुतान्प्रियवादिनः । यतिस्तु योगमास्थाय ब्रह्मीभूतोऽभवन्मुनिः ॥

nahuṣo janayāmāsa ṣaṭ sutānpriyavādinaḥ | yatistu yogamāsthāya brahmībhūto'bhavanmuniḥ

these six sons, pleasant of speech, did Nahusha beget. Yati took to yoga and became a sage, one with Brahman.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.70.28c; the second (यतिस्तु योगमास्थाय…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). (Wikisource divides the verses differently.)

Verse 35 (1.69.35)

ययातिर्नाहुषः सम्राडासीत्सत्यपराक्रमः । स पालयामास महीमीजे च बहुभिर्मखैः ॥

yayātirnāhuṣaḥ samrāḍāsītsatyaparākramaḥ | sa pālayāmāsa mahīmīje ca bahubhirmakhaiḥ

Yayati, son of Nahusha, became an emperor of true valour. He protected the earth and performed many sacrifices.

Verse 36 (1.69.36)

अतिभक्त्या पितॄनर्चन्देवांश्च प्रयतः सदा । अन्वगृह्णात्प्रजाः सर्वा ययातिरपराजितः ॥

atibhaktyā pitṝnarcandevāṃśca prayataḥ sadā | anvagṛhṇātprajāḥ sarvā yayātiraparājitaḥ

Ever self-controlled, worshipping the ancestors and the gods with deep devotion, the unconquered Yayati cared for all his subjects.

Verse 37 (1.69.37)

तस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासाः सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः । देवयान्यां महाराज शर्मिष्ठायां च जज्ञिरे ॥

tasya putrā maheṣvāsāḥ sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ | devayānyāṃ mahārāja śarmiṣṭhāyāṃ ca jajñire

His sons, great archers endowed with every virtue, were born of Devayani and of Sharmishtha, great king.

Verse 38 (1.69.38)

देवयान्यामजायेतां यदुस्तुर्वसुरेव च । द्रुह्युश्चानुश्च पूरुश्च शर्मिष्ठायां च जज्ञिरे ॥

devayānyāmajāyetāṃ yadusturvasureva ca | druhyuścānuśca pūruśca śarmiṣṭhāyāṃ ca jajñire

Of Devayani were born Yadu and Turvasu; and Druhyu, Anu and Puru were born of Sharmishtha.

Verse 39 (1.69.39)

स शाश्वतीः समा राजन्प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन् । जरामार्च्छन्महाघोरां नाहुषो रूपनाशिनीम् ॥

sa śāśvatīḥ samā rājanprajā dharmeṇa pālayan | jarāmārcchanmahāghorāṃ nāhuṣo rūpanāśinīm

After protecting his subjects with righteousness for countless years, O king, the son of Nahusha was overtaken by a terrible old age that destroys beauty.

Verse 40 (1.69.40)

जराऽभिभूतः पुत्रान्स राजा वचनमब्रवीत् । यदुं पूरुं तुर्वसुं च द्रुह्युं चानुं च भारत ॥

jarā'bhibhūtaḥ putrānsa rājā vacanamabravīt | yaduṃ pūruṃ turvasuṃ ca druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca bhārata

Overcome by old age, the king spoke to his sons, Yadu, Puru, Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu, O Bharata:

Verse 41 (1.69.41)

यौवनेन चरन्कामान्युवा युवतिभिः सह । विहर्तुमहमिच्छामि साह्यं कुरुत पुत्रकाः ॥

yauvanena carankāmānyuvā yuvatibhiḥ saha | vihartumahamicchāmi sāhyaṃ kuruta putrakāḥ

I wish to enjoy pleasures with youth, and to sport as a young man among young women. Help me in this, my sons.

Note on the text: Corrected बिहर्तुम् → विहर्तुम् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for व, as in the critical edition's vihartum).

Verse 42 (1.69.42)

तं पुत्रो दैवयानेयः पूर्वजो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । किं कार्यं भवतः कार्यमस्माकं यौवनेन ते ॥

taṃ putro daivayāneyaḥ pūrvajo vākyamabravīt | kiṃ kāryaṃ bhavataḥ kāryamasmākaṃ yauvanena te

His eldest son, born of Devayani, answered him: "What is it you need done, sir? What would you do with our youth?"

Verse 43 (1.69.43)

ययातिरब्रवीत्तं वै जरा मे प्रतिगृह्यताम् । यौवनेन त्वदीयेन चरेयं विषयानहम् ॥

yayātirabravīttaṃ vai jarā me pratigṛhyatām | yauvanena tvadīyena careyaṃ viṣayānaham

Yayati said to him: "Take my old age, and with your youth let me enjoy the pleasures of the senses."

Verse 44 (1.69.44)

यजतो दीर्घसत्रैर्मे शापाच्चोशनसो मुनेः । कामार्थः परिहीणोऽयं तप्येयं तेन पुत्रकाः ॥

yajato dīrghasatrairme śāpāccośanaso muneḥ | kāmārthaḥ parihīṇo'yaṃ tapyeyaṃ tena putrakāḥ

While I was busy with long sacrifices, and through the curse of the sage Ushanas, the pleasures of desire slipped away from me; that is my torment, my sons.

Verse 45 (1.69.45)

मामकेन शरीरेण राज्यमेकः प्रशास्तु वः । अहं तन्वाऽभिनवया युवा काममवाप्नुयाम् ॥

māmakena śarīreṇa rājyamekaḥ praśāstu vaḥ | ahaṃ tanvā'bhinavayā yuvā kāmamavāpnuyām

Let one of you rule the kingdom in my body, while I, young again in a fresh body, win the things I desire.

Verse 46 (1.69.46)

ते न तस्य प्रत्यगृह्णन्यदुप्रभृतयो जराम् । तमब्रवीत्ततः पूरुः कनीयान्सत्यविक्रमः ॥

te na tasya pratyagṛhṇanyaduprabhṛtayo jarām | tamabravīttataḥ pūruḥ kanīyānsatyavikramaḥ

Yadu and the others would not take on his old age. Then Puru, the youngest, true in valour, said to him:

Verse 47 (1.69.47)

राजंश्चराभिनवया तन्वा यौवनगोचरः । अहं जरां समादाय राज्ये स्थास्यामि तेऽऽज्ञया ॥

rājaṃścarābhinavayā tanvā yauvanagocaraḥ | ahaṃ jarāṃ samādāya rājye sthāsyāmi te''jñayā

O king, go about in youth with a fresh body. I shall take on your old age and stay in the kingdom at your command.

Note on the text: Corrected तेज्ञया → तेऽऽज्ञया (misprint in Wikisource; the missing avagraha leaves no word, read te ājñayā "at your command", as in the critical edition).

Verse 48 (1.69.48)

एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिस्तपोवीर्यसमाश्रयात् । संचारयामास जरां तदा पुत्रे महात्मनि ॥

evamuktaḥ sa rājarṣistapovīryasamāśrayāt | saṃcārayāmāsa jarāṃ tadā putre mahātmani

So addressed, the royal sage, relying on the power of his austerity, passed his old age on to his high-souled son.

Verse 49 (1.69.49)

पौरवेणाथ वयसा राजा यौवनमास्थितः । यायातेनापि वयसा राज्यं पूरुरकारयत् ॥

pauraveṇātha vayasā rājā yauvanamāsthitaḥ | yāyātenāpi vayasā rājyaṃ pūrurakārayat

With Puru's youth the king was young again, and with Yayati's age Puru ruled the kingdom.

Verse 50 (1.69.50)

ततो वर्षसहस्राणि ययातिरपराजितः । स्थितः स नृपशार्दूलः शार्दूलसमविक्रमः ॥

tato varṣasahasrāṇi yayātiraparājitaḥ | sthitaḥ sa nṛpaśārdūlaḥ śārdūlasamavikramaḥ

Then for thousands of years the unconquered Yayati remained so, a tiger among kings with the valour of a tiger.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Its first line resembles 1.70.44a, which Wikisource gives in full at verse 58.

Verse 51 (1.69.51)

ययातिरपि पत्नीभ्यां दीर्घकालं विहृत्य च । विश्वाच्या सहितो रेमे पुनश्चैत्ररथे वने ॥

yayātirapi patnībhyāṃ dīrghakālaṃ vihṛtya ca | viśvācyā sahito reme punaścaitrarathe vane

Yayati sported for a long time with his two wives, and then took his pleasure with Vishvachi in the Chaitraratha grove.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (1.69.52)

नाध्यगच्छत्तदा तृप्तिं कामानां स महायशाः । अवेत्य मनसा राजन्निमां गाथां तदा जगौ ॥

nādhyagacchattadā tṛptiṃ kāmānāṃ sa mahāyaśāḥ | avetya manasā rājannimāṃ gāthāṃ tadā jagau

Yet that glorious king found no satisfaction in pleasures. Coming to understand this in his mind, O king, he then sang this verse:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 53 (1.69.53)

न जातु कामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्धते ॥

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati | haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate

Desire is never quenched by enjoying the objects of desire; like fire fed with oblations, it only blazes the more.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Corrected इविषा → हविषा (misprint in Wikisource; इ for ह, "by oblation", as in the critical edition's apparatus).

Verse 54 (1.69.54)

यत्पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः । नालमेकस्य तत्सर्वमिति मत्वा शमं व्रजेत् ॥

yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ | nālamekasya tatsarvamiti matvā śamaṃ vrajet

All the rice and barley on earth, all its gold, cattle and women are not enough for even one man. Knowing this, one should turn to peace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 55 (1.69.55)

यदा न कुरुते पापं सर्वभूतेषु कर्हिचित् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥

yadā na kurute pāpaṃ sarvabhūteṣu karhicit | karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā

When a man never does wrong to any being, in deed, in thought or in word, then he attains Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 56 (1.69.56)

न बिभेति यदा चायं यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति । यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा ॥

na bibheti yadā cāyaṃ yadā cāsmānna bibhyati | yadā necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate tadā

When he fears nothing and nothing fears him, when he neither desires nor hates, then he attains Brahman.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 57 (1.69.57)

इत्यवेक्ष्य महाप्राज्ञः कामानां फल्गुतां नृप । समाधाय मनो बुद्ध्या प्रत्यगृह्णाज्जरां सुतात् ॥

ityavekṣya mahāprājñaḥ kāmānāṃ phalgutāṃ nṛpa | samādhāya mano buddhyā pratyagṛhṇājjarāṃ sutāt

Seeing thus how hollow pleasures are, O king, the wise king steadied his mind with understanding and took back his old age from his son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.69.58)

ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते ययातिरपराजितः । दत्त्वा च यौवनं राजा पूरुं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च । अतृप्त एव कामानां पूरुं पुत्रमुवाच ह ॥

tato varṣasahasrānte yayātiraparājitaḥ | dattvā ca yauvanaṃ rājā pūruṃ rājye'bhiṣicya ca | atṛpta eva kāmānāṃ pūruṃ putramuvāca ha

Then, at the end of a thousand years, the unconquered King Yayati gave back the youth, installed Puru in the kingdom, and, still unsated with pleasures, said to his son Puru:

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick, a quote mark and a doubled danda) from the first line. Corrected दत्वा → दत्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त्, the absolutive is dattvā). The first and last lines = 1.70.44ac; the middle line (दत्त्वा च यौवनं राजा…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 59 (1.69.59)

त्वया दायादवानस्मि त्वं मे वंशकरः सुतः । पौरवो वंश इति ते ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यति ॥

tvayā dāyādavānasmi tvaṃ me vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ | pauravo vaṃśa iti te khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyati

Through you I have an heir; you are the son who carries on my line. This line shall be known in the world by your name, as the Paurava line.

Verse 60 (1.69.60)

ततः स नृपशार्दूल पूरुं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च । ततः सुचरितं कृत्वा भृगुतुङ्गे महातपाः ॥

tataḥ sa nṛpaśārdūla pūruṃ rājye'bhiṣicya ca | tataḥ sucaritaṃ kṛtvā bhṛgutuṅge mahātapāḥ

Then, O tiger among kings, having installed Puru in the kingdom, the great ascetic lived a life of virtue on the peak of Bhrigutunga,

Note on the text: The first line = 1.70.46a; the second (ततः सुचरितं कृत्वा…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 61 (1.69.61)

कालेन महता पश्चात्कालधर्ममुपेयिवान् । कारयित्वा त्वनशनं सदारः स्वर्गमाप्तवान् ॥

kālena mahatā paścātkāladharmamupeyivān | kārayitvā tvanaśanaṃ sadāraḥ svargamāptavān

and after a long time he met the law of time and died. Having kept a fast to the end, he went to heaven together with his wives.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.70.46c; the second (कारयित्वा त्वनशनं…) is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).