śukras tam āha kupitaḥ
strī-kāmānṛta-pūruṣa
tvāṁ jarā viśatāṁ manda
virūpa-karaṇī nṛṇām
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.
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."
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."