Vishnu Purana · Chapter 4.10
iti śrīviṣṇumāhāpurāṇe caturthāṃśe navamo 'dhyāyaḥ (9)
śrīparāśara uvāca
yatiyayātisaṃyātyāyātiviyātikṛtisaṃjñā nahuṣasya ṣaṭ putrā mahābalaparākramā babhūvuḥ
yatistu rājyaṃ naicchat
yayātistu bhūbhṛdabhavat
uśanasaś ca duhitaraṃ devayānīṃ vārṣaparvaṇīṃ śarmiṣṭhāmupayeme
atrānuvaṃśaśloko bhavati
yaduṃ ca durvasuṃ caiva devayānī vyajāyata /
druhyuṃ cānuṃ ca pūruṃ ca śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
kāvyaśāpācca kālenaiva yayātirjarāmavāpa
prasannaśukravacanācca svajarāṃ saṃkrāmayituṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ yadumuvāca
vatsa tvanmātāmahaśāpādiyamakālenaiva jarā mamopasthitā tāmahaṃ tasyai vānugrahādbhavataḥsaṃcārayāmi
ekaṃ varṣasahasramatṛpto 'smi viṣayeṣu tvadvayasā viṣayānahaṃ bhoktumicchami
nātra bhavatā pratyākhyānaṃ kartavyamityuktaḥsa yadurnaicchattāṃ jarāmādātum
taṃ ca pitā śaśāpa tvatprasūtirna rājyārhā bhaviṣyatīti
anantaraṃ ca durvasuṃ druhyamanuṃ ca pṛtivīpatirjarāgrahaṇārthaṃ svayauvanapradānāya cābhyarthayāmāsa
tair apyekaikena pratyākhyātastāñchaśāpa
atha śarmiṣṭhātanayamaśeṣakanīyāṃsaṃ puruṃ tathaivāha
sa cātipravaṇamatiḥ sabahumānaṃ pitaraṃ praṇamya mahāprasādoyamasmākamityudāramabhidhāyajarāṃ jagrāha
svakīyaṃ ca yauvanaṃ svapitre dadau
so 'pi pauravaṃ yauvanamāsādya dharmāvirodhena yathākāmaṃ yathākālopapannaṃ yathotsāhaṃ viṣayāṃścacāra
samyak ca prajāpālanamakarot
viśvācyā devayānyā ca sahopabhogaṃ bhuktvā kāmānāmantaṃ prāpsyāmītyanudinaṃ tanmanasko babhūva
anudinaṃ copabhogataḥ kāmānatiramyānmene
tataścainamagāyata
ślo-
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati /
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate
yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhiyavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ /
ekasyāpi na paryāptaṃ tasmāttṛṣṇāṃ parityajet
yadā na kurute bhāvaṃ sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam /
samadṛṣṭostadā puṃsaḥ sarvāḥsukhamayā diśaḥ
yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ /
tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ saṃtyajetprājñaḥsukhenaivābhipūryate
jīryanti jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ /
dhanāśā jīvitāśā ca jīryato 'pi na jīryataḥ
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ me viṣayāsaktacetasaḥ /
tathā pyanudinaṃ tṛṣṇā mama deṣūpajāyate
tasmādetāmahaṃ tyaktvā brahmaṇyādhāya mānasam /
nirdvandvo nirmamo bhūtvā cariṣyāmi mṛgaiḥ saha
śrīparāśara uvāca
puroḥsakāśādādāya jarāṃ dattvā ca yovanam /
rājyebhiṣicca pūruṃ ca prayayau tapase vanam
diśidakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ durvasuṃ ca samādiśat /
pratīcyāṃ ca tathā druhyuṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ tato yadum
udīcyāṃ ca tathaivānuṃ kṛtvā maṇḍalino nṛpān /
sarvapṛthvīpatiṃ puruṃ sobhiṣicya vanaṃ yayau
Original text: Viṣṇupurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press 1910 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0