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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

śukraḥŚukrācārya; tamunto him (King Yayāti); āhasaid; kupitaḥbeing very angry at him; strī-kāmaO you who have lusty desires for women; anṛta-pūruṣaO untruthful person; tvāmunto you; jarāold age, invalidity; viśatāmmay enter; mandayou fool; virūpa-karaṇīwhich disfigures; nṛṇāmthe 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
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