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TEXT 41
turvasus coditah pitra
druhyus canus ca bharata
pratyacakhyur adharmajna
hy anitye nitya-buddhayah
SYNONYMS
turvasuhTurvasu, another son; coditahrequested; pitraby the father (to exchange old age and invalidity for his youth); druhyuhDruhyu, another son; caand; anuhAnu, another son; caalso; bharataO King Pariksit; pratyacakhyuhrefused to accept; adharma-jnahbecause they did not know religious principles; hiindeed; a-nityetemporary youth; nitya-buddhayahthinking to be permanent.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, Yayati similarly requested his sons Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu to exchange their youth for his old age, but because they were unaware of religious principles, they thought that their flickering youth was eternal, and therefore they refused to carry out their fathers order.
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