Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1


Sanskrit:

श्रीशुक उवाचस इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणोऽपह्नवमात्मन: ।बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विण्णो गाथामेतामगायत ॥ १ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śuka uvācasa ittham ācaran kāmānstraiṇo ’pahnavam ātmanaḥbuddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇogāthām etām agāyata

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Yayāti was very much attached to woman. In due course of time, however, when disgusted with sexual enjoyment and its bad effects, he renounced this way of life and narrated the following story to his beloved wife.

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