SB 9.18.36

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 18: King Yayāti Regains His Youth

SB 9.18.35 - SB 9.18.37

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 36

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."

SB 9.18.35 - SB 9.18.37