आसेवितं वर्षपूगान् षड्वर्गं विषयेषु स: । क्षणेन मुमुचे नीडं जातपक्ष इव द्विज: ॥ २४ ॥
asevitam varsa-pugan sad-vargam visayesu sah ksanena mumuce nidam jata-paksa iva dvijah
- asevitam
- being always engaged in
- varsa-pugan
- for many, many years
- sat-vargam
- the six senses, including the mind
- visayesu
- in sense enjoyment
- sah
- King Yayati
- ksanena
- within a moment
- mumuce
- gave up
- nidam
- nest
- jata-paksah
- one that has grown its wings
- iva
- like
- dvijah
- a bird.
Having enjoyed sense gratification for many, many years, O King Pariksit, Yayati was accustomed to it, but he gave it up entirely in a moment, just as a bird flies away from the nest as soon as its wings have grown.