🪷 ŚB 9.19.1

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणोऽपह्नवमात्मन: । बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विण्णो गाथामेतामगायत ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-śuka uvāca sa ittham ācaran kāmān straiṇo ’pahnavam ātmanaḥ buddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇo gāthām etām agāyata
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥ — Mahārāja Yayāti; ittham — in this way; ācaran — behaving; kāmān — in regard to lusty desires; straiṇaḥ — very much attached to woman; apahnavam — counteraction; ātmanaḥ — of his own welfare; buddhvā — understanding with intelligence; priyāyai — unto his beloved wife, Devayānī; nirviṇṇaḥ — disgusted; gāthām — story; etām — this (as follows); agāyata — narrated.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Yayāti 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.

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