तुर्वसुश्चोदितः पित्रा द्रुह्युश्चानुश्च भारत ।
प्रत्याचख्युरधर्मज्ञा ह्यनित्ये नित्यबुद्धयः ॥४१॥

turvasuÅ› coditaḥ pitrÄ
druhyuÅ› cÄnuÅ› ca bhÄrata
pratyÄcakhyur adharmajñÄ
hy anitye nitya-buddhayaḥ

 turvasuḥ - Turvasu, another son; coditaḥ - requested; pitrÄ - by the father (to exchange old age and invalidity for his youth); druhyuḥ - Druhyu, another son; ca - and; anuḥ - Anu, another son; ca - also; bhÄrata - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; pratyÄcakhyuḥ - refused to accept; adharma-jñÄḥ - because they did not know religious principles; hi - indeed; a-nitye - temporary youth; nitya-buddhayaḥ - thinking to be permanent.


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O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, YayÄti similarly requested his sons Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu to exchange their youth for his old age, but because they were unaware of religious principles, they thought that their flickering youth was eternal, and therefore they refused to carry out their father’s order.

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