Yayati, the great king, was overcome with anger at his elder sons, and in his wrath he cursed them all, just as I have already told you, O best of Brahmins. After cursing his four elder sons, Yayati turned to his youngest, Puru, and spoke the same words to him as well. He said, “If you consent, I would wander this earth in your youthful form, having placed my old age upon you.” Puru, mighty and dutiful, agreed to take upon himself his father’s old age. Yayati, thus rejuvenated by Puru’s youth, traveled the earth, seeking to satisfy his desires. In the Chaitraratha forest, he enjoyed pleasures with Vishvachi, striving to reach the end of his desires. When Yayati was finally satisfied, he returned his old age to Puru. There, O best of sages, Yayati reflected deeply and sang verses that teach how one may withdraw all desires, just as a tortoise draws its limbs within. He declared, “Desire is never quenched by enjoyment; like fire fed with ghee, it only grows stronger. All the rice, barley, gold, cattle, and women on earth are not enough for one who has not mastered himself. When one does no evil in thought, word, or deed toward any being, then one attains Brahman. When one neither fears others nor causes fear, and neither desires nor hates, then one attains Brahman. That thirst which is hard to abandon by the foolish, which does not age with the aging, which is a disease ending life—happiness comes to one who abandons it. Hair ages, teeth age, but the desire for wealth and life ages not, even as one ages. All the pleasures of the world and even the divine joys are not worth a sixteenth part of the happiness from the cessation of thirst.” Having spoken thus, the royal sage Yayati entered the forest with his wife. For a long time, they performed great austerities. At the end of his austerities, Yayati, illustrious and wise, reached the summit of Bhrigutunga, abandoned his body without eating, and together with his wife, attained heaven. In Yayati’s lineage, five eminent royal sages arose, O best of sages, and they spread across the earth like the rays of the sun. Now, I will recount the lineage of Yadu, honored by kings, in which Narayana—Hari, the glory of the Vrishni clan—was born. One who always listens to the account of Yayati, O best of the twice-born, becomes healthy, prosperous, long-lived, and renowned. Suta, we wish to hear in truth the lineage of Puru, as well as that of Druhyu, Anu, Yadu, and Turvasu, each separately. Hear, O best of sages, the lineage of Puru, the great soul, as I recount it to you in detail and in order from the beginning. Puru’s son was the mighty king Suvira. Suvira’s son was Manasyu, and Manasyu’s son was the king named Abhayada. Abhayada’s son was Sudhanvan, a king; Sudhanvan’s son was Subahu, and Raudrashva was his son. Raudrashva had ten sons: Dasharṇeya, Krikaṇeya, Kakṣeya, Sthaṇḍileya, Sannateya, Rceya, Jaleya, Sthaleya the mighty, Dhaneya, and Vaneya. He also had ten daughters: Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Śaladā, Maladā, Khaladā, Viprā, Naladā, Surasā, and Gocapalā. Gocapalā and Strīratnakūṭā—these ten; a sage was born in the lineage of Atri, and their husband was Prabhākara. From Bhadrā, Prabhākara begot a son, the illustrious Soma, when the sun was struck down by Svarbhānu and was falling from the sky to the earth. When the world was overcome by darkness, it was Soma who brought forth light, and the falling sun spoke, “May there be well-being for you.” By the word of that sage among Brahmins, the sun did not fall from the sky to the earth; the great ascetic Atri established the foremost lineages. In the sacrifices of Atri, his power was established by the gods; he begot sons from those daughters, according to his own wish. He begot ten sons of great strength, devoted to severe austerities; those Brahmins, creators of lineages, were sages accomplished in the Vedas. They became known as the Svastyātreyas, and were without the three debts. Kakṣeya had three sons, all great chariot-warriors: Sabhānara, Cākṣuṣa, and Paramanyu. Sabhānara’s son was the wise king Kālānala. Kālānala’s son was Sṛñjaya, knower of dharma; Sṛñjaya’s son was the heroic king Puraṃjaya. Janamejaya was born as the son of Puraṃjaya; Janamejaya, the royal sage, had a son named Mahāśāla. Among the gods he was renowned, and his fame was established on earth; Mahāmanas, famed and noble, was the son of Mahāśāla. A heroic son was born, honored by the hosts of gods, named Sumahāmanas. Mahāmanas begot two sons. Uśīnara, the righteous and patient king of great strength, had five wives descended from royal sages: Nṛgā, Kṛmi, Navā, Darvā, and the fifth, Dṛṣadvatī. From them arose noble lineages. Thus, the story of Yayati and the noble lineages that descended from him is told, a tale of wisdom, renunciation, and the spreading of dharma throughout the earth.