Canto 9: LiberationChapter 19: King Yayāti Achieves Liberation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.19.21

ity uktvā nāhuṣo jāyāḿ

tadīyaḿ pūrave vayaḥ

dattvā sva-jarasaḿ tasmād

ādade vigata-spṛhaḥ

SYNONYMS

iti uktvā — saying this; nāhuṣaḥMahārāja 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.

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