प्रजा च यौवनं प्राप्ता विनशिष्यत्यनो तव
Your offspring, though attaining youth, will perish, O Anu.
पूरो त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व पाप्मानं जरया सह
Puru, you must accept sin together with old age.
काव्यस्योशनसः शापान्न च तृप्तो ऽस्मियौवने
Because of the curse of Kavi Usanas, I am not satisfied with youth.
पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे ते प्रतिदास्यामि यौवनम्
When a thousand years are complete, I will return your youth to you.
एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच पुत्रः पितरमञ्जसा
Thus addressed, the son plainly replied to his father.
प्रतिपत्स्ये च ते राजन्पाप्मानं जरया सह
I will accept, O King, the sin together with old age from you.
जरयाहं प्रतिच्छन्नो वयोरूपधरस्तव
Covered by old age, I will bear your age and form.
पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते प्रीतश्चेदं ददामि ते
Puru, I am pleased; may good befall you. Since you are pleased, I give this to you.
पूरोरनुमतो राजा ययातिः स्वजरां ततः
With Pūru's consent, King Yayāti then accepted back his own old age.
गौरवेणाथ वयसा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
Out of respect and due to his age, Yayāti, the son of Nahusha,
यथाकामं यथोत्साहं यथाकालं यथासुखम्
As he wished, with enthusiasm, at the proper time, and with pleasure,
देवानतर्पयद्यज्ञैः पितॄञ्श्राद्धैस्तथैव च
He satisfied the gods with sacrifices and the ancestors with śrāddha rites.
अतिथीनन्नपानैश्च वैश्यंश्च परिपालनैः
He honored guests with food and drink, and protected the Vaiśyas.
धर्मेण च प्रजाः सर्वा यथावदनुरञ्जयत्
By righteousness, he delighted all his subjects as was fitting.
स राजा सिंहविक्रान्तो युवा विषयगोचरः
That king, lion-like in stride, young and active in his domain,
स मार्गमाणः कामानामतद्दोषनिदर्शनात्
While pursuing desires, seeing also their faults,
अपश्यत्स यदा तान्वै वर्द्धमानान्नृपस्तदा
When the king saw those desires increasing,
संप्राप्य स तु तान्कामांस्तृप्तः खिन्नश्च पार्थिवः
Having attained those desires, the king became both satisfied and weary.
परिसंख्याय काले च कलाः काष्ठास्तथैव च
He counted the divisions of time—kalās and kāṣṭhās—
यथा सुखं यथोत्साहं यथाकालमरिन्दम
As he pleased, with enthusiasm, and at the proper time, O subduer of foes,
पूरो प्रीतो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते गृहाण त्वं स्वयौवनम्
"Pūru, I am pleased. Blessings to you! Take back your own youth."
प्रतिपेदे जरां राजा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
The king Yayāti, son of Nahusha, accepted back old age.
अभिषेक्तुकामं च नृपं पूरुं पुत्रं कनीयसम्
Desiring to anoint as king his youngest son Pūru,
कथं शुक्रस्य नप्तारं देवयान्याः सुतं प्रभो
"How could the grandson of Śukra, the son of Devayānī, O lord,
यदुर्ज्येष्ठस्तव सुतो जातस्तमनुदतुर्वसुः
Yadu, your eldest son, was born; but Turvasu did not accept him.
सुतः संबोधयामस्त्वां धर्मं समनुपालय
"Son, we instruct you: uphold righteousness."
ब्राह्मणप्रमुखा वर्णाः सर्वे शृण्वन्तु मे वचः
Let all the classes, with the Brahmins at their head, listen to my words.
मातापित्रोर्वचनकृद्वीरः पुत्रः प्रशस्यते
A son who acts according to the words of his mother and father is praised as a hero.
प्रतिकूलः पितुर्यश्च न स पुत्रः सतांमतः
But one who opposes his father is not regarded as a son by the virtuous.
यदुनाहमवज्ञातस्तथा तुर्वसुनापि च
I was disrespected by Yadu, and likewise by Turvasu.