Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 78
Sourceययातिरुवाच- एकेन गृह्यतां पुत्रा जरा मे दुःखदायिनी । धीरेण भवतां मध्ये तारुण्यं मम दीयताम् १। स्वकीयं हि महाभागाः स्वरूपमिदमुत्तमम् । संतप्तं मानसं मेद्य स्त्रियां सक्तं सुचंचलम् २। भाजनस्था यथा आप आवर्त्तयति पावकः । तथा मे मानसं पुत्राः कामानलसुचालितम् ३। एको गृह्णातु मे पुत्रा जरां दुःखप्रदायिनीम् । स्वकं ददातु तारुण्यं यथाकामं चराम्यहम् ४। यो मे जरापसरणं करिष्यति सुतोत्तमः । स च मे भोक्ष्यते राज्यं धनुर्वंशं धरिष्यति ५। तस्य सौख्यं सुसंपत्तिर्धनं धान्यं भविष्यति । विपुला संततिस्तस्य यशः कीर्तिर्भविष्यति ६। पुत्रा ऊचुः- भवान्धर्मपरो राजन्प्रजाः सत्येन पालकः । कस्मात्ते हीदृशो भावो जातः प्रकृतिचापलः ७। राजोवाच- आगता नर्तकाः पूर्वं पुरं मे हि प्रनर्तकाः । तेभ्यो मे कामसंमोहे जातो मोहश्च ईदृशः ८। जरया व्यापितः कायो मन्मथाविष्टमानसः । संबभूव सुतश्रेष्ठाः कामेनाकुलव्याकुलः ९। काचिद्दृष्टा मया नारी दिव्यरूपा वरानना । मया संभाषिता पुत्राः किंचिन्नोवाच मे सती १०। विशालानाम तस्याश्च सखी चारुविचक्षणा । सा मामाह शुभं वाक्यं मम सौख्यप्रदायकम् ११। जराहीनो यदा स्यास्त्वं तदा ते सुप्रिया भवेत् । एवमंगीकृतं वाक्यं तयोक्तं गृहमागतः १२। मया जरापनोदार्थं तदेवं समुदाहृतम् । एवं ज्ञात्वा प्रकर्तव्यं मत्सुखं हि सुपुत्रकाः १३। तुरुरुवाच- शरीरं प्राप्यते पुत्रैः पितुर्मातुः प्रसादतः । धर्मश्च क्रियते राजञ्शरीरेण विपश्चिता १४। पित्रोः शुश्रूषणं कार्यं पुत्रैश्चापि विशेषतः । न च यौवनदानस्य कालोऽयं मे नराधिप १५। प्रथमे वयसि भोक्तव्यं विषयं मानवैर्नृप । इदानीं तन्न कालोयं वर्तते तव सांप्रतम् १६। जरां तात प्रदत्वा वै पुत्रे तात महद्गताम् । पश्चात्सुखं प्रभोक्तव्यं न तु स्यात्तव जीवितम् १७। तस्माद्वाक्यं महाराज करिष्ये नैव ते पुनः । एवमाभाषत नृपं तुरुर्ज्येष्ठसुतस्तदा १८। तुरोर्वाक्यं तु तच्छ्रुत्वा क्रुद्धो राजा बभूव सः । तुरुं शशाप धर्मात्मा क्रोधेनारुणलोचनः १९। अपध्वस्तस्त्वयाऽदेशो ममायं पापचेतन । तस्मात्पापी भव स्वत्वं सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः २०। शिखया त्वं विहीनश्च वेदशास्त्रविवर्जितः । सर्वाचारविहीनस्त्वं भविष्यसि न संशयः २१। ब्रह्मघ्नस्त्वं देवदुष्टः सुरापः सत्यवर्जितः । चंडकर्मप्रकर्ता त्वं भविष्यसि नराधमः २२। सुरालीनः क्षुधी पापी गोघ्नश्च त्वं भविष्यसि । दुश्चर्मा मुक्तकच्छश्च ब्रह्मद्वेष्टा निराकृतिः २३। परदाराभिगामी त्वं महाचंडः प्रलंपटः । सर्वभक्षश्च दुर्मेधाः सदात्वं च भविष्यसि २४। सगोत्रां रमसे नारीं सर्वधर्मप्रणाशकः । पुण्यज्ञानविहीनात्मा कुष्ठवांश्च भविष्यसि २५। तव पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च भविष्यंति न संशयः । ईदृशाः सर्वपुण्यघ्ना म्लेच्छाः सुकलुषीकृताः २६। एवं तुरुं सुशप्त्वैव यदुं पुत्रमथाब्रवीत् । जरां वै धारयस्वेह भुंक्ष्व राज्यमकंटकम् २७। बद्धाञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा यदू राजानमब्रवीत् । यदुरुवाच- जराभारं न शक्नोमि वोढुं तात कृपां कुरु २८। शीतमध्वा कदन्नं च वयोतीताश्च योषितः । मनसः प्रातिकूल्यं च जरायाः पंचहेतवः २९। जरादुःखं न शक्नोमि नवे वयसि भूपते । कः समर्थो हि वै धर्तुं क्षमस्व त्वं ममाधुना ३०। यदुं क्रुद्धो महाराजः शशाप द्विजनंदन । राज्यार्हो न च ते वंशः कदाचिद्वै भविष्यति ३१। बलतेजः क्षमाहीनः क्षात्रधर्मविवर्जितः । भविष्यति न संदेहो मच्छासनपराङ्मुखः ३२। यदुरुवाच- निर्दोषोहं महाराज कस्माच्छप्तस्त्वयाधुना । कृपां कुरुष्व दीनस्य प्रसादसुमुखो भव ३३। राजोवाच- महादेवः कुले ते वै स्वांशेनापि हि पुत्रक । करिष्यति विसृष्टिं च तदा पूतं कुलं तव ३४। यदुरुवाच- अहं पुत्रो महाराज निर्दोषः शापितस्त्वया । अनुग्रहो दीयतां मे यदि मे वर्त्तते दया ३५। राजोवाच- यो भवेज्ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्तु पितुर्दुःखापहारकः । राज्यदायं सुभुंक्ते च भारवोढा भवेत्स हि ३६। त्वया धर्मं न प्रवृत्तमभाष्योसि न संशयः । भवता नाशिताज्ञा मे महादंडेन घातिनः ३७। तस्मादनुग्रहो नास्ति यथेष्टं च तथा कुरु । यदुरुवाच- यस्मान्मे नाशितं राज्यं कुलं रूपं त्वया नृप ३८। तस्माद्दुष्टो भविष्यामि तव वंशपतिर्नृप । तव वंशे भविष्यंति नानाभेदास्तु क्षत्त्रियाः ३९। तेषां ग्रामान्सुदेशांश्च स्त्रियो रत्नानि यानि वै । भोक्ष्यंति च न संदेहो अतिचंडा महाबलाः ४०। मम वंशात्समुत्पन्नास्तुरुष्का म्लेच्छरूपिणः । त्वया ये नाशिताः सर्वे शप्ताः शापैः सुदारुणैः ४१। एवं बभाषे राजानं यदुः क्रुद्धो नृपोत्तम । अथ क्रुद्धो महाराजः पुनश्चैवं शशाप ह ४२। मत्प्रजानाशकाः सर्वे वंशजास्ते शृणुष्व हि । यावच्चंद्रश्च सूर्यश्च पृथ्वी नक्षत्रतारकाः ४३। तावन्म्लेच्छाः प्रपक्ष्यंते कुंभीपाके चरौ रवे । कुरुं दृष्ट्वा ततो बालं क्रीडमानं सुलक्षणम् ४४। समाह्वयति तं राजा न सुतं नृपनंदनम् । शिशुं ज्ञात्वा परित्यक्तः सकुरुस्तेन वै तदा ४५। शर्मिष्ठायाः सुतं पुण्यं तं पूरुं जगदीश्वरः । समाहूय बभाषे च जरा मे गृह्यतां पुनः ४६। भुंक्ष्व राज्यं मया दत्तं सुपुण्यं हतकंटकम् । पूरुरुवाच- राज्यं देवे न भोक्तव्यं पित्रा भुक्तं यथा तव ४७। त्वदादेशं करिष्यामि जरा मे दीयतां नृप । तारुण्येन ममाद्यैव भूत्वा सुंदररूपदृक् ४८। भुंक्ष्व भोगान्सुकर्माणि विषयासक्तचेतसा । यावदिच्छा महाभाग विहरस्व तया सह ४९। यावज्जीवाम्यहं तात जरां तावद्धराम्यहम् । एवमुक्तस्तु तेनापि पूरुणा जगतीपतिः ५०। हर्षेण महताविष्टस्तं पुत्रं प्रत्युवाच सः । यस्माद्वत्स ममाज्ञा वै न हता कृतवानिह ५१। तस्मादहं विधास्यामि बहुसौख्यप्रदायकम् । यस्माज्जरागृहीता मे दत्तं तारुण्यकं स्वकम् ५२। तेन राज्यं प्रभुंक्ष्व त्वं मया दत्तं महामते । एवमुक्तः सुपूरुश्च तेन राज्ञा महीपते ५३। तारुण्यंदत्तवानस्मै जग्राहास्माज्जरां नृप । ततः कृते विनिमये वयसोस्तातपुत्रयोः ५४। तस्माद्वृद्धतरः पूरुः सर्वांगेषु व्यदृश्यत । नूतनत्वं गतो राजा यथा षोडशवार्षिकः ५५। रूपेण महताविष्टो द्वितीय इव मन्मथः । धनूराज्यं च छत्रं च व्यजनं चासनं गजम् ५६। कोशं देशं बलं सर्वं चामरं स्यंदनं तथा । ददौ तस्य महाराजः पूरोश्चैव महात्मनः ५७। कामासक्तश्च धर्मात्मा तां नारीमनुचिंतयन् । तत्सरः सागरप्रख्यंकामाख्यं नहुषात्मजः ५८। अश्रुबिंदुमती यत्र जगाम लघुविक्रमः । तां दृष्ट्वा तु विशालाक्षीं चारुपीनपयोधराम् ५९। विशालां च महाराजः कंदर्पाकृष्टमानसः । राजोवाच- आगतोऽस्मि महाभागे विशाले चारुलोचने ६०। जरात्यागःकृतो भद्रे तारुण्येन समन्वितः । युवा भूत्वा समायातो भवत्वेषा ममाधुना ६१। यंयं हि वांछते चैषा तंतं दद्मि न संशयः । विशालोवाच- यदा भवान्समायातो जरां दुष्टां विहाय च ६२। दोषेणैकेनलिप्तोसि भवंतं नैव मन्यते । राजोवाच- मम दोषं वदस्व त्वं यदि जानासि निश्चितम् ६३। तं तु दोषं परित्यक्ष्येगुणरूपंनसंशयः ६४। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणेभूमिखंडेवेनोपाख्यानेमातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययातिचरितेऽष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७८।
yayātiruvāca- ekena gṛhyatāṃ putrā jarā me duḥkhadāyinī | dhīreṇa bhavatāṃ madhye tāruṇyaṃ mama dīyatām 1| svakīyaṃ hi mahābhāgāḥ svarūpamidamuttamam | saṃtaptaṃ mānasaṃ medya striyāṃ saktaṃ sucaṃcalam 2| bhājanasthā yathā āpa āvarttayati pāvakaḥ | tathā me mānasaṃ putrāḥ kāmānalasucālitam 3| eko gṛhṇātu me putrā jarāṃ duḥkhapradāyinīm | svakaṃ dadātu tāruṇyaṃ yathākāmaṃ carāmyaham 4| yo me jarāpasaraṇaṃ kariṣyati sutottamaḥ | sa ca me bhokṣyate rājyaṃ dhanurvaṃśaṃ dhariṣyati 5| tasya saukhyaṃ susaṃpattirdhanaṃ dhānyaṃ bhaviṣyati | vipulā saṃtatistasya yaśaḥ kīrtirbhaviṣyati 6| putrā ūcuḥ- bhavāndharmaparo rājanprajāḥ satyena pālakaḥ | kasmātte hīdṛśo bhāvo jātaḥ prakṛticāpalaḥ 7| rājovāca- āgatā nartakāḥ pūrvaṃ puraṃ me hi pranartakāḥ | tebhyo me kāmasaṃmohe jāto mohaśca īdṛśaḥ 8| jarayā vyāpitaḥ kāyo manmathāviṣṭamānasaḥ | saṃbabhūva sutaśreṣṭhāḥ kāmenākulavyākulaḥ 9| kāciddṛṣṭā mayā nārī divyarūpā varānanā | mayā saṃbhāṣitā putrāḥ kiṃcinnovāca me satī 10| viśālānāma tasyāśca sakhī cāruvicakṣaṇā | sā māmāha śubhaṃ vākyaṃ mama saukhyapradāyakam 11| jarāhīno yadā syāstvaṃ tadā te supriyā bhavet | evamaṃgīkṛtaṃ vākyaṃ tayoktaṃ gṛhamāgataḥ 12| mayā jarāpanodārthaṃ tadevaṃ samudāhṛtam | evaṃ jñātvā prakartavyaṃ matsukhaṃ hi suputrakāḥ 13| tururuvāca- śarīraṃ prāpyate putraiḥ piturmātuḥ prasādataḥ | dharmaśca kriyate rājañśarīreṇa vipaścitā 14| pitroḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ putraiścāpi viśeṣataḥ | na ca yauvanadānasya kālo'yaṃ me narādhipa 15| prathame vayasi bhoktavyaṃ viṣayaṃ mānavairnṛpa | idānīṃ tanna kāloyaṃ vartate tava sāṃpratam 16| jarāṃ tāta pradatvā vai putre tāta mahadgatām | paścātsukhaṃ prabhoktavyaṃ na tu syāttava jīvitam 17| tasmādvākyaṃ mahārāja kariṣye naiva te punaḥ | evamābhāṣata nṛpaṃ tururjyeṣṭhasutastadā 18| turorvākyaṃ tu tacchrutvā kruddho rājā babhūva saḥ | turuṃ śaśāpa dharmātmā krodhenāruṇalocanaḥ 19| apadhvastastvayā'deśo mamāyaṃ pāpacetana | tasmātpāpī bhava svatvaṃ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ 20| śikhayā tvaṃ vihīnaśca vedaśāstravivarjitaḥ | sarvācāravihīnastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ 21| brahmaghnastvaṃ devaduṣṭaḥ surāpaḥ satyavarjitaḥ | caṃḍakarmaprakartā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi narādhamaḥ 22| surālīnaḥ kṣudhī pāpī goghnaśca tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | duścarmā muktakacchaśca brahmadveṣṭā nirākṛtiḥ 23| paradārābhigāmī tvaṃ mahācaṃḍaḥ pralaṃpaṭaḥ | sarvabhakṣaśca durmedhāḥ sadātvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi 24| sagotrāṃ ramase nārīṃ sarvadharmapraṇāśakaḥ | puṇyajñānavihīnātmā kuṣṭhavāṃśca bhaviṣyasi 25| tava putrāśca pautrāśca bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | īdṛśāḥ sarvapuṇyaghnā mlecchāḥ sukaluṣīkṛtāḥ 26| evaṃ turuṃ suśaptvaiva yaduṃ putramathābravīt | jarāṃ vai dhārayasveha bhuṃkṣva rājyamakaṃṭakam 27| baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā yadū rājānamabravīt | yaduruvāca- jarābhāraṃ na śaknomi voḍhuṃ tāta kṛpāṃ kuru 28| śītamadhvā kadannaṃ ca vayotītāśca yoṣitaḥ | manasaḥ prātikūlyaṃ ca jarāyāḥ paṃcahetavaḥ 29| jarāduḥkhaṃ na śaknomi nave vayasi bhūpate | kaḥ samartho hi vai dhartuṃ kṣamasva tvaṃ mamādhunā 30| yaduṃ kruddho mahārājaḥ śaśāpa dvijanaṃdana | rājyārho na ca te vaṃśaḥ kadācidvai bhaviṣyati 31| balatejaḥ kṣamāhīnaḥ kṣātradharmavivarjitaḥ | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho macchāsanaparāṅmukhaḥ 32| yaduruvāca- nirdoṣohaṃ mahārāja kasmācchaptastvayādhunā | kṛpāṃ kuruṣva dīnasya prasādasumukho bhava 33| rājovāca- mahādevaḥ kule te vai svāṃśenāpi hi putraka | kariṣyati visṛṣṭiṃ ca tadā pūtaṃ kulaṃ tava 34| yaduruvāca- ahaṃ putro mahārāja nirdoṣaḥ śāpitastvayā | anugraho dīyatāṃ me yadi me varttate dayā 35| rājovāca- yo bhavejjyeṣṭhaputrastu piturduḥkhāpahārakaḥ | rājyadāyaṃ subhuṃkte ca bhāravoḍhā bhavetsa hi 36| tvayā dharmaṃ na pravṛttamabhāṣyosi na saṃśayaḥ | bhavatā nāśitājñā me mahādaṃḍena ghātinaḥ 37| tasmādanugraho nāsti yatheṣṭaṃ ca tathā kuru | yaduruvāca- yasmānme nāśitaṃ rājyaṃ kulaṃ rūpaṃ tvayā nṛpa 38| tasmādduṣṭo bhaviṣyāmi tava vaṃśapatirnṛpa | tava vaṃśe bhaviṣyaṃti nānābhedāstu kṣattriyāḥ 39| teṣāṃ grāmānsudeśāṃśca striyo ratnāni yāni vai | bhokṣyaṃti ca na saṃdeho aticaṃḍā mahābalāḥ 40| mama vaṃśātsamutpannāsturuṣkā mleccharūpiṇaḥ | tvayā ye nāśitāḥ sarve śaptāḥ śāpaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ 41| evaṃ babhāṣe rājānaṃ yaduḥ kruddho nṛpottama | atha kruddho mahārājaḥ punaścaivaṃ śaśāpa ha 42| matprajānāśakāḥ sarve vaṃśajāste śṛṇuṣva hi | yāvaccaṃdraśca sūryaśca pṛthvī nakṣatratārakāḥ 43| tāvanmlecchāḥ prapakṣyaṃte kuṃbhīpāke carau rave | kuruṃ dṛṣṭvā tato bālaṃ krīḍamānaṃ sulakṣaṇam 44| samāhvayati taṃ rājā na sutaṃ nṛpanaṃdanam | śiśuṃ jñātvā parityaktaḥ sakurustena vai tadā 45| śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ sutaṃ puṇyaṃ taṃ pūruṃ jagadīśvaraḥ | samāhūya babhāṣe ca jarā me gṛhyatāṃ punaḥ 46| bhuṃkṣva rājyaṃ mayā dattaṃ supuṇyaṃ hatakaṃṭakam | pūruruvāca- rājyaṃ deve na bhoktavyaṃ pitrā bhuktaṃ yathā tava 47| tvadādeśaṃ kariṣyāmi jarā me dīyatāṃ nṛpa | tāruṇyena mamādyaiva bhūtvā suṃdararūpadṛk 48| bhuṃkṣva bhogānsukarmāṇi viṣayāsaktacetasā | yāvadicchā mahābhāga viharasva tayā saha 49| yāvajjīvāmyahaṃ tāta jarāṃ tāvaddharāmyaham | evamuktastu tenāpi pūruṇā jagatīpatiḥ 50| harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭastaṃ putraṃ pratyuvāca saḥ | yasmādvatsa mamājñā vai na hatā kṛtavāniha 51| tasmādahaṃ vidhāsyāmi bahusaukhyapradāyakam | yasmājjarāgṛhītā me dattaṃ tāruṇyakaṃ svakam 52| tena rājyaṃ prabhuṃkṣva tvaṃ mayā dattaṃ mahāmate | evamuktaḥ supūruśca tena rājñā mahīpate 53| tāruṇyaṃdattavānasmai jagrāhāsmājjarāṃ nṛpa | tataḥ kṛte vinimaye vayasostātaputrayoḥ 54| tasmādvṛddhataraḥ pūruḥ sarvāṃgeṣu vyadṛśyata | nūtanatvaṃ gato rājā yathā ṣoḍaśavārṣikaḥ 55| rūpeṇa mahatāviṣṭo dvitīya iva manmathaḥ | dhanūrājyaṃ ca chatraṃ ca vyajanaṃ cāsanaṃ gajam 56| kośaṃ deśaṃ balaṃ sarvaṃ cāmaraṃ syaṃdanaṃ tathā | dadau tasya mahārājaḥ pūroścaiva mahātmanaḥ 57| kāmāsaktaśca dharmātmā tāṃ nārīmanuciṃtayan | tatsaraḥ sāgaraprakhyaṃkāmākhyaṃ nahuṣātmajaḥ 58| aśrubiṃdumatī yatra jagāma laghuvikramaḥ | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu viśālākṣīṃ cārupīnapayodharām 59| viśālāṃ ca mahārājaḥ kaṃdarpākṛṣṭamānasaḥ | rājovāca- āgato'smi mahābhāge viśāle cārulocane 60| jarātyāgaḥkṛto bhadre tāruṇyena samanvitaḥ | yuvā bhūtvā samāyāto bhavatveṣā mamādhunā 61| yaṃyaṃ hi vāṃchate caiṣā taṃtaṃ dadmi na saṃśayaḥ | viśālovāca- yadā bhavānsamāyāto jarāṃ duṣṭāṃ vihāya ca 62| doṣeṇaikenaliptosi bhavaṃtaṃ naiva manyate | rājovāca- mama doṣaṃ vadasva tvaṃ yadi jānāsi niścitam 63| taṃ tu doṣaṃ parityakṣyeguṇarūpaṃnasaṃśayaḥ 64| iti śrīpadmapurāṇebhūmikhaṃḍevenopākhyānemātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticarite'ṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 78|
English translation
Yayāti said :
1-4. O my noble sons, the wise one among you should take this my old age which is giving me pain, and should give his own youth and excellent form (to me); (so that) I shall behave as I like. Today my very fickle mind is inflamed, and is attached to a woman. As fire whirls round the water in a pot, similarly, O (my) sons, my mind is very much shaken by the fire of passion. O (my) sons, one (of you) should take this my old age which is giving me pain, and should give (me) his youth; (so that) I shall behave according to my will.
5-6. He, the best son, who passes on his youth to me, will enjoy my kingdom, and will wield my bow (and carry on) my line. He will have happiness, ample wealth, riches and grains. He will have many children and glory and fame.
The sons said :
7. O king, you are a king who are devoted to religion. You are guarding your subjects truthfully. Due to what has this idea, naturally fickle, arisen in you?
The king said :
8-10. Formerly dancers, superior dancers, came to my city. Due to them such delusion has arisen in me, when Cupid had allured me. My body is covered with old age; and my mind was overcome with Cupid (i.e. passion). O best sons, I was srnit and overcome by passion. I saw a beautiful maiden of a divine form. O sons, I spoke to her; but the good one did not say anything.
11-13. Her charming and clever friend is Viśālā by name. She spoke good words to me, giving me joy: “When you would be free from old age, the very dear one will be yours.” I accepted (i.e. agreed to) these words spoken by her, and (then) came home. To get rid of my old age, I have thus told you that (she had told me). O good sons, realizing thus, you should do (what gives) me pleasure.
14-18. By the favour of the father and the mother, body is obtained by sons. O king, with the (help of the) body religious acts are done by a wise man. A son should especially serve his father. Yet, O king, this is not the time for me to give my youth (to you). O king, men should enjoy the pleasures of senses in youth. Now it is not properly the time for you (to enjoy these pleasures). (You say) O father, that pleasure would be enjoyed by you after you give your ripe old age to your sons; but (then) you would not have (that much) life (i.e. you would not live that long). Therefore, O great king, I shall not do your words (i.e. do as you say).
In this way the eldest son, Turu, spoke to him at that time.
19. Hearing those words of Turu, the king became angry. The pious one, with his eyes red with anger, cursed Turu.
20-26. “O you of a wicked heart, you have disobeyed this order of mine. Therefore, be a sinful person outcast by all religions. You will be without the lock of hair on the crown of the head; you will be deprived of the sacred texts; you will be without all manners. There is no doubt about this. You will be the killer of brāhmaṇas ; you will be ruined by gods; you will be a drunkard; you will be without truthfulness; you will do fierce deeds; you will be the meanest man. You will be addicted to drinking; you. will be hungry, sinful and a killer of cows. Your skin will be bad; you will have the hem of your lower garment untucked; you will hate brāhmaṇas; you will be deformed. You will be an adulterer; you will be very fierce; you will be very lustful; you will eat everything; you will always be wicked. You will have sexual intercourse with a woman of your own kin; you will destroy all religious practices; you will be without sacred knowledge; and you will suffer from leprosy. Your sons and grandsons also will destroy all holy objects, will be barbarians, and will be very much spoilt like this (i.e. in the same way).”
27. Having thus cursed Turu very badly, he spoke to (his other) son, Yadu : “Take on (my) old age now, and enjoy the kingdom free from any source of vexation.”
28a. Joining the palms of his hands, Yadu said to the king:
Yadu said :
28b-30. O father, I am unable to bear the burden of (your) old age; (please) be kind to (i.e. excuse) me. There are five causes of old age: frigidity, journey, bad food, aged woman, and disinclination of the mind. O king, I am not able (to put up with) the misery in my youth (i.e. while I am young). Who is able to hold (up old age)? Now (please) excuse me.
31-32. O son of a brāhmaṇa , the angry great king cursed Yadu: “Your lineage shall never deserve a kingdom. It will be without power, lustre, forbearance, and will be deprived of the practices of kṣatriyas (since you have) turned (your) back upon my order. There is no uncertainty about it.”
Yadu said :
33. O great king, I am faultless; why have you now cursed me? (Please) favour the poor one (i.e. me). Be pleased to favour me.
The king said :
34. O son, (when) the great god will take birth with his portion in your family, then your family will be purified.
Yadu said :
35. O great king, you have cursed me, your son, who am faultless; If you have compassion for me, (please) favour me.
The king said :
36. He who is the eldest son should remove the misery of the father. He well enjoys the inheritance of the kingdom, and he would bear the burden (of the kingdom).
37-38a. You have not done (your) duty, (therefore) you are certainly not fit to be talked to. You have destroyed (i.e. disobeyed) the order of me who (can) strike with a great (i.e. heavy) punishment. Therefore you cannot be favoured, do as you please.
Yadu said :
38b-42a. O king, since you have destroyed my kingdom, form and family, therefore, I, the chief of your family, will be wicked. In your family will be (born) kṣatriyas of various forms. There is no doubt that very fierce and very mighty (beings) will enjoy their villages, good regions, their women, and whatever gems they will have. From my family (will) be born Turuṣkas of the form of barbarians—those who were destroyed and who were cursed by you with very fierce curses. O best king, the angry Yadu thus spoke to the king ( Yayāti ).
42b-45. Then the angry great king again cursed (Yadu) thus: “Listen, know all that will be born in your family will ruin my subjects. As long as the moon, the sun, the earth, the constellations and the stars (last) the mlecchas will be roasted in the Kumbhīpāka and the Raurava (hells).” Then seeing the young Kuru playing, and possessed of good marks, the king did not call that son (of him) a prince. Knowing Kuru to be a child, the king left then.
46-47a. Then the lord of the world (i.e. Yayāti) called Pūru , the meritorious son of Śarmiṣṭhā , and said to him: “Take my old age and enjoy my extremely good kingdom, with the sources of nuisance eradicated, (and) given by me (to you).”
Pūru said :
47b-49a. The lord (if you) should enjoy the kingdom as was enjoyed by your father, I shall obey your order. O king, give me your old age in exchange for my youth. Today only appearing handsome, enjoy, with your mind attached to objects of sense, pleasures and good deeds.
49b-54a. O noble one, sport with her as long as you desire. O father, as long as I live I shall keep up old age.
Thus addressed by that Pūru, the lord of the world, with his heart full of great joy, said again to his son: “O child, since you did not disobey my order, (on the contrary) obeyed it, therefore I shall give you much happiness. O you very intelligent one, since you took my old age, and gave me your own youth, therefore you enjoy the kingdom given by me.” O king, that good Pūru, thus addressed by that king, gave him his youth and took old age from him.
54b-60a. When, O dear one, the exchange of the ages of the father and the son was effected, Pūru appeared to be older than the king in all his limbs. The king reached youth, (and looked like a man) sixteen years old, and possessing great charm (looked) as it were he was another Cupid. The great king gave that noble Pūru everything—(his) bow, kingdom, umbrella, fan, seat, and elephant, (so also) his entire treasure, country, army, chowrie and also the chariot. That Nahuṣa ’s righteous son, attached to passion, thinking of that maiden, went with quick steps, to that lake known as Kāma , and resembling an ocean, where Aśrubindumatī (stayed). Seeing that eminent maiden of large eyes and having beautiful and plump breasts, the great king, with his mind attracted by Cupid, said to Viśālā:
The king said :
60b-62a. O you noble and eminent one of charming eyes, I have, O auspicious one, given up my old age, and (now) endowed with youth. Becoming a young man, I have come (here). Let her be mine now. There is no doubt that I shall give her whatever she desires.
Viśālā said :
62b-63a. When (now) you have come after having abandoned the wicked old age, (yet) you are still covered by one blemish. (Therefore) she does not prize you.
The king said :
63b-64. If you definitely know my blemish then tell it (to me). I shall certainly abandon that blemish of an inferior nature.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43122, revision 335537 (2022-04-10T13:08:28Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365170.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.