श्रीशुक उवाच
यतिर्ययातिः संयातिरायतिर्वियतिः कृतिः ।
षडिमे नहुषस्यासन्निन्द्रियाणीव देहिनः ॥१॥

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

 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.


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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.

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