राजपुत्र्यार्थितोऽपत्ये धर्मं चावेक्ष्य धर्मवित् । स्मरञ्छुक्रवच: काले दिष्टमेवाभ्यपद्यत ॥ ३२ ॥
raja-putryarthito ’patye dharmam caveksya dharmavit smaran chukra-vacah kale distam evabhyapadyata
- raja-putrya
- by Sarmistha, who was the daughter of a king
- arthitah
- being requested
- apatye
- for a son
- dharmam
- religious principles
- ca
- as well as
- aveksya
- considering
- dharma-vit
- aware of all religious principles
- smaran
- remembering
- sukra-vacah
- the warning of Sukracarya
- kale
- at the time
- distam
- circumstantially
- eva
- indeed
- abhyapadyata
- accepted (to fulfill the desire of Sarmistha).
When Princess Sarmistha begged King Yayati for a son, the King was certainly aware of the principles of religion, and therefore he agreed to fulfill her desire. Although he remembered the warning of Sukracarya, he thought of this union as the desire of the Supreme, and thus he had sex with Sarmistha.