श्रीयदुरुवाच नोत्सहे जरसा स्थातुमन्तरा प्राप्तया तव । अविदित्वा सुखं ग्राम्यं वैतृष्ण्यं नैति पूरुष: ॥ ४० ॥
sri-yadur uvaca notsahe jarasa sthatum antara praptaya tava aviditva sukham gramyam vaitrsnyam naiti purusah
- sri-yaduh uvaca
- Yadu, the eldest son to Yayati, replied
- na utsahe
- I am not enthusiastic
- jarasa
- with your old age and invalidity
- sthatum
- to remain
- antara
- while in youth
- praptaya
- accepted
- tava
- your
- aviditva
- without experiencing
- sukham
- happiness
- gramyam
- material or bodily
- vaitrsnyam
- indifference to material enjoyment
- na
- does not
- eti
- attain
- purusah
- a person.
Yadu replied: My dear father, you have already achieved old age, although you also were a young man. But I do not welcome your old age and invalidity, for unless one enjoys material happiness, one cannot attain renunciation.