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King Yayāti Achieves Liberation
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dattvā sva-jarasaṁ tasmād ādade vigata-spṛhaḥ
iti uktvā—saying this; nāhuṣaḥ—Mahārāja Yayāti, the son of King Nahuṣa; jāyām—unto his wife, Devayānī; tadīyam—his own; pūrave—unto his son Pūru; vayaḥ—youth; dattvā—delivering; sva-jarasam—his own invalidity and old age; tasmāt—from him; ādade—took back; vigata-spṛhaḥ—being freed from all material lusty desires.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī  said: After speaking in this way to his wife, Devayānī, King Yayāti, who was now free from all material desires, called his youngest son, Pūru, and returned Pūru's youth in exchange for his own old age.
TEXT 22
दिशि दक्षिणपूर्वस्यां द्रुह्युं दक्षिणतो यदुम् । प्रतीच्यां तुर्वसुं चक्र उदीच्यामनुमीश्वरम् ॥२२॥
diśi dakṣiṇa-pūrvasyām druhyuṁ dakṣiṇato yadum pratīcyāṁ turvasuṁ cakra udīcyām anum īśvaram
diśi—in the direction; dakṣiṇa-pūrvasyām—southeast; druhyum—his son named Druhyu; dakṣiṇataḥ—in the southern side of the world; yadum—Yadu; pratīcyām—in the western side of the world; turvasum—his son known as Turvasu; cakre—he made; udīcyām—in the northern side of the world; anum—his son named Anu; īśvaram—the King.
TRANSLATION
King Yayāti  gave the southeast to his son Druhyu, the south to his son Yadu, the west to his son Turvasu, and the north to his son Anu. In this way he divided the kingdom.