SB 9.18.1 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीशुक उवाच यतिर्ययाति: संयातिरायतिर्वियति: कृति: । षडिमे नहुषस्यासन्निन्द्रियाणीव देहिन: ॥ १ ॥

Verse text

śrī-śuka uvāca yatir yayātiḥ saṁyātir āyatir viyatiḥ kṛtiḥ ṣaḍ ime nahuṣasyāsann indriyāṇīva dehinaḥ

Synonyms

śrī — śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; yatiḥ — Yati ; yayātiḥ — Yayāti ; saṁyātiḥ — Saṁyāti ; āyatiḥ — Āyati ; viyatiḥ — Viyati ; kṛtiḥ — Kṛti ; ṣaṭ — six ; ime — all of them ; nahuṣasya — of King Nahuṣa ; āsan — were ; indriyāṇi — the (six) senses ; iva — like ; dehinaḥ — of an embodied soul .

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, as the embodied soul has six senses, King Nahuṣa had six sons, named Yati, Yayāti, Saṁyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, as the jīva has six senses, King Nahuṣa had six sons, named Yati, Yayāti, Saṁyāti, Āyati, Viyati and Kṛti. The Eighteenth Chapter describes the quarrel between Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā and also describes Pūru accepting the old age of his father Yayāti.