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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 18]
priyām anugataḥ kāmī vacobhir upamantrayan na prasādayitum śeke pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ
priyām—his beloved wife; anugataḥ—following; kāmī—very, very lusty; vacobhiḥ—by great words; upamantrayan—appeasing; na—not; prasādayitum—to appease; śeke—was able; pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ—even by massaging her feet.
TRANSLATION
King Yayāti, who was very lusty, followed his wife, caught her and tried to appease her by speaking pleasing words and massaging her feet, but he could not satisfy her by any means.
TEXT 36
शुक्रस्तमाह कुपितः स्त्रीकामानृतपूरुष । त्वां जरा विशतां मन्द विरूपकरणी नृणाम् ॥३६॥
śukras tam āha kupitaḥ strī-kāmānṛta-pūruṣa tvām jarā viśatām manda virūpa-karaṇī nṛṇām
śukraḥ—Śukrācārya; tam—unto him (King Yayāti); āha—said; kupitaḥ—being very angry at him; strī-kāma—O you who have lusty desires for women; anṛta-pūruṣa—O untruthful person; tvām—unto you; jarā—old age, invalidity; viśatām—may enter; manda—you fool; virūpa-karaṇī—which disfigures; nṛṇām—the bodies of human beings.
TRANSLATION
Śukrācārya was extremely angry. “You untruthful fool, lusting after women! You have done a great wrong,” he said. “I therefore curse you to be attacked and disfigured by old age and invalidity.”