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Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth

Verse 36 of 47
SB 9.18.36

शुक्रस्तमाह कुपितः स्त्रीकामानृतपूरुष त्वां जरा विशतां मन्द विरूपकरणी नृणाम्

śukras tam āha kupitaḥ strī-kāmānṛta-pūruṣa tvāṁ jarā viśatāṁ manda virūpa-karaṇī nṛṇām

Synonyms

śukraḥ—Śukrācārya; tam—unto him (King Yayāti); āha—said; kupitaḥ—being very angry at him; strī-kāma—O you who have lusty desires for women; anṛta-pūruṣa—O untruthful person; tvām—unto you; jarā—old age, invalidity; viśatām—may enter; manda—you fool; virūpa-karaṇī—which disfigures; nṛṇām—the bodies of human beings..

Translation

Śukrācārya was extremely angry. "You untruthful fool, lusting after women! You have done a great wrong," he said. "I therefore curse you to be attacked and disfigured by old age and invalidity."

Verse 36 of 47