Canto 9: LiberationChapter 19: King Yayati Achieves Liberation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.19.21

ity uktva nahusho jayam

tadiyam purave vayah

dattva sva-jarasam tasmad

adade vigata-sprihah

SYNONYMS

iti uktva -- saying this; nahushah -- Maharaja Yayati, the son of King Nahusha; jayam -- unto his wife, Devayani; tadiyam -- his own; purave -- unto his son Puru; vayah -- youth; dattva -- delivering; sva-jarasam -- his own invalidity and old age; tasmat -- from him; adade -- took back; vigata-sprihah -- being freed from all 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, Puru, and returned Puru's youth in exchange for his own old age.

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