Text 38] King Yayati Regains His Youth 39
TEXT 37
HAA ETT
HAM BATA Aa Seah TF |
ATAT TAT TTA ASHTATEAA R1|
Sri-yayatir uvdca
atrpto ’smy adya kamanam
brahman duhitari sma te
vyatyasyatam yathd-kamam
vayasa yo ’bhidhdsyati

Sri-yayatih uvaéca—King Yayati said; atrptah—unsatisfied; asmi—]
am; adya—till now; kamaéndm—to satisfy my lusty desires; brahman—
O learned bréhmana; duhitari—in connection with the daughter; sma—
in the past; te—your; vyatyasyatam—just exchange; yathd-kamam—as
long as you are lusty; vayasé—with youth; yah abhidhasyati—of one
who agrees to exchange your old age for his youth.

TRANSLATION

King Yayati said, “‘O learned, worshipable brahmana, I have not
yet satisfied my lusty desires with your daughter.” Sukracarya
then replied, ‘‘You may exchange your old age with someone who
will agree to transfer his youth to you.”

PURPORT

When King Yayati said that he had not yet satisfied his lusty desires
with Sukracarya’s daughter, Sukracdrya saw that it was against the in-
terests of his own daughter for Yayati to continue in old age and in-
validity, for certainly his lusty daughter would not be satisfied.
Therefore Sukracarya blessed his son-in-law by saying that he could ex-
change his old age for someone else’s youth. He indicated that if Yayati’s
son would exchange his youth for Yayati’s old age, Yayati could continue
to enjoy sex with Devayani.

TEXT 38
aft weqeqTe: gt SaguateT |
Tal Ta AAA At AS Pst ATs URI
