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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 19]
wife, Devayānī, was freed from her mistaken way of life, she also engaged herself in the devotional service of the Lord.
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
स इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणोऽपह्ववमात्मनः ।
बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विष्णो गाथामेतामगायत ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
sa ittham ācaran kāmān
straiṇo 'pahnavam ātmanaḥ
buddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇo
gāthām etām agāyata
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥ—Mahārāja Yayāti; ittham—in this way; ācaran—behaving; kāmān—in regard to lusty desires; straiṇaḥ—very much attached to woman; apahnavam—counteraction; ātmanaḥ—of his own welfare; buddhvā—understanding with intelligence; priyāyai—unto his beloved wife, Devayānī; nirviṇṇaḥ—disgusted; gāthām—story; etām—this (as follows); agāyata—narrated.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parikṣit, Yayāti was very much attached to woman. In due course of time, however, when disgusted with sexual enjoyment and its bad effects, he renounced this way of life and narrated the following story to his beloved wife.
TEXT 2
भृणु भार्गव्यमूं गाथां मद्विधाचरितां भुवि ।
धीरा यस्यानुशोचन्ति वने ग्रामनिवासिनः ॥ २ ॥
śṛṇu bhārgavy amūṁ gāthāṁ
mad-vidhācaritāṁ bhuvi
dhīrā yasyānuśocanti
vane grāma-nivāsinaḥ