श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणोऽपह्नवमात्मन: । बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विण्णो गाथामेतामगायत ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca sa ittham acaran kaman straino ’pahnavam atmanah buddhva priyayai nirvinno gatham etam agayata
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- sah
- Maharaja Yayati
- ittham
- in this way
- acaran
- behaving
- kaman
- in regard to lusty desires
- strainah
- very much attached to woman
- apahnavam
- counteraction
- atmanah
- of his own welfare
- buddhva
- understanding with intelligence
- priyayai
- unto his beloved wife, Devayani
- nirvinnah
- disgusted
- gatham
- story
- etam
- this (as follows)
- agayata
- narrated.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O Maharaja Pariksit, Yayati 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.