Text 22] King Yayati Achieves Liberation 17
dattva sva-jarasam tasmad
Gdade vigata-sprhah
iti uktvé—saying this; n@husah—Maharaja Yayati, the son of King
Nahusa; jaya4m—unto his wife, Devayani; tadiyam—his own; piirave—
unto his son Piru; vayah—youth; dattvd—delivering; sva-jarasam—
his own invalidity and old age; tasmat—from him; addade—took back;
vigata-sprhah—being freed from al] material lusty desires.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: After speaking in this way to his wife,
Devayani, King Yayati, who was now free from all material desires,
called his youngest son, Piru, and returned Piru’s youth in ex-
change for his own old age.
TEXT 22
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digi daksina-piirvasyam
druhyum daksinato yadum
praticyam turvasum cakra
udicyam anum isvaram
disi—in the direction; daksina-pirvasyam—southeast; druhyum—
his son named Druhyu; daksinatah—in the southern side of the world;
yadum—Yadu; praticyam—in the western side of the world; turvasum
—his son known as Turvasu; cakre—he made; udicyam—in the north-
ern side of the world; anum—his son named Anu; isvaram—the King.
TRANSLATION
King Yayati 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.
