तुर्वसुश्चोदित: पित्रा द्रुह्युश्चानुश्च भारत । प्रत्याचख्युरधर्मज्ञा ह्यनित्ये नित्यबुद्धय: ॥ ४१ ॥
turvasus coditah pitra druhyus canus ca bharata pratyacakhyur adharmajna hy anitye nitya-buddhayah
- turvasuh
- Turvasu, another son
- coditah
- requested
- pitra
- by the father (to exchange old age and invalidity for his youth)
- druhyuh
- Druhyu, another son
- ca
- and
- anuh
- Anu, another son
- ca
- also
- bharata
- O King Pariksit
- pratyacakhyuh
- refused to accept
- adharma-jnah
- because they did not know religious principles
- hi
- indeed
- a-nitye
- temporary youth
- nitya-buddhayah
- thinking to be permanent.
O Maharaja Pariksit, Yayati similarly requested his sons Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu to exchange their youth for his old age, but because they were unaware of religious principles, they thought that their flickering youth was eternal, and therefore they refused to carry out their father’s order.