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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 18]
Śukrācārya to be merciful to him, Śukrācārya gave him the benediction that he could transfer his old age and invalidity to some young man. Yayāti exchanged his old age for the youth of his youngest son, Pūru, and thus he was able to enjoy with young girls.
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
यतिर्ययातिः संयातिरायतिर्वियतिः कृतिः ।
षडिमे नदुषस्यासन्निन्द्रयाणीव देहिनः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca yatir yayātiḥ saṁyātir āyatir viyatiḥ kṛtiḥ ṣaḍ ime nahuṣasyāsann indriyāṇīva dehinaḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yatiḥ—Yati; yayātiḥ—Yayāti; saṁyātiḥ—Saṁyāti; āyatiḥ—Āyati; viyatiḥ—Viyati; kṛtiḥ—Kṛti; ṣaṭ—six; ime—all of them; nahuṣasya—of King Nahuṣa; āsan—were; indriyāṇī—the (six) senses; iva—like; dehinaḥ—of an embodied soul.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parikṣit, as the embodied soul has six senses, King Nahuṣa had six sons, named Yati, Yayāti, Saṁyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti.
TEXT 2
राज्यं नैच्छद्यतिः पित्रा दत्तं तत्परिणामवित् ।
यत्र प्रविष्टः पुरुष आत्मानं नावबुध्यते ॥ २ ॥
rājyam naicchad yatiḥ pitrā dattam tat-pariṇāmavit yatra praviṣṭaḥ puruṣa ātmānam nāvabudhyate