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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.19.1

श्रीशुक उवाच स इत्थमाचरन् कामान् स्त्रैणोऽपह्नवमात्मन: । बुद्ध्वा प्रियायै निर्विण्णो गाथामेतामगायत ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
sa ittham ācaran kāmān
[sa ittham aacharan kaamaan]
straiṇo ’pahnavam ātmanaḥ
[straino ’pahnavam aatmanah]
buddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇo
[buddhvaa priyaayai nirvinno]
gāthām etām agāyata
[gaathaam etaam agaayata]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
sa ittham ācaran kāmān
saḥ
Mahārāja Yayāti
ittham
in this way
ācaran
behaving
kāmān
in regard to lusty desires
straiṇo ’pahnavam ātmanaḥ
straiṇaḥ
very much attached to woman
buddhvā priyāyai nirviṇṇo
apahnavam
counteraction
gāthām etām agāyata
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.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Yayāti, enjoying in this way and attached to woman, then considered he had been cheated, and, becoming disgusted, narrated the following story to his beloved wife. In the Nineteenth Chapter, King Yayāti compares himself to a goat, becomes detached and attains Kṛṣṇa. His wife absorbs her mind in Kṛṣṇa and gives up her body. Kāmān ācaran means “he enjoyed.” Apahnavam means “he was cheated.”
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Personal Guidance
Disgusted at last with sexual life and its bad effects, Yayāti renounces and tells Devayānī a story. Real renunciation begins not with theory but with the felt taste of disgust toward what one had pursued.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I waiting for theoretical renunciation when the disgust itself would carry me?
  • What attachment have I never quite let arrive at its natural conclusion of nauseating excess?
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