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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.18.39

మాతామహకృతాం వత్స న తృప్తో విషయేష్వహమ్ । వయసా భవదీయేన రంస్యే కతిపయా: సమా: ॥ ౩౯ ॥
mātāmaha-kṛtāṁ vatsa
[maataamaha-kritaam vatsa]
na tṛpto viṣayeṣv aham
[na tripto vishayeshv aham]
vayasā bhavadīyena
[vayasaa bhavadeeyena]
raṁsye katipayāḥ samāḥ
[ramsye katipayaah samaah]
mātāmaha-kṛtām — given by your maternal grandfather, Śukrācārya vatsa — my dear son na — not tṛptaḥ — satisfied viṣayeṣu — in sex life, sense gratification aham — I (am) vayasā — by age bhavadīyena — of your good self raṁsye — I shall enjoy sex life katipayāḥ — for a few samāḥ — years.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mātāmaha-kṛtāṁ vatsa
mātāmaha-kṛtām
given by your maternal grandfather, Śukrācārya
vatsa
my dear son
na tṛpto viṣayeṣv aham
na
not
tṛptaḥ
satisfied
viṣayeṣu
in sex life, sense gratification
aham
I (am)
vayasā bhavadīyena
vayasā
by age
bhavadīyena
of your good self
raṁsye katipayāḥ samāḥ
raṁsye
I shall enjoy sex life
katipayāḥ
for a few
samāḥ
years.
My dear son, I am not yet satisfied in my sexual desires. But if you are kind to me, you can take the old age given by your maternal grandfather, and I may take your youth so that I may enjoy life for a few years more.

This is the nature of lusty desires. In Bhagavad-gītā (7.20) it is said, kāmais tais tair hṛta-jṣānāḥ: when one is too attached to sense gratification, he actually loses his sense. The word hṛta-jṣānāḥ refers to one who has lost his sense. Here is an example: the father shamelessly asked his son to exchange youth for old age. Of course, the entire world is under such illusion. Therefore it is said that everyone is pramattaḥ, or exclusively mad. Nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma: when one becomes almost like a madman, he indulges in sex and sense gratification. Sex and sense gratification can be controlled, however, and one achieves perfection when he has no desires for sex. This is possible only when one is fully Kṛṣṇa conscious.

yadavadhi mama cetaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāravinde nava-nava-rasa-dhāmany udyataṁ rantum āsīt tadavadhi bata nārī-saṅgame smaryamāne bhavati mukha-vikāraḥ suṣṭhu-niṣṭhīvanaṁ ca

“Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste.” Sexual desire can be stopped only when one is fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, and not otherwise. As long as one has desires for sex, one must change his body and transmigrate from one body to another to enjoy sex in different species or forms. But although the forms may differ, the business of sex is the same. Therefore it is said, punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām. Those who are very much attached to sex transmigrate from one body to another, with the same business of “chewing the chewed,” tasting sex enjoyment as a dog, sex enjoyment as a hog, sex enjoyment as a demigod, and so on.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
My dear son, I am not yet satisfied in enjoyment. But you can take the old age given by your maternal grandfather, and I will enjoy life for a few years more.
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