Yayāti said: "O lord, to her who was begging for the season [of conception] — the daughter of the lord of the Dānavas — I yielded with no other thought; this I did in accordance with dharma. O brahmin, that chosen husband who does not give offspring to a woman begging for the season of conception — him the knowers of the Vedas call, as it were, a slayer of the embryo. And he who, being secretly entreated by a willing and permissible woman, does not go to her — him too the wise call, in matters of dharma, a slayer of the embryo. O descendant of Bhṛgu, having considered these reasons, I, troubled by fear of adharma, went to Śarmiṣṭhā." Śukra said: "But surely you ought to have asked me first; you are subject to me, O king; O son of Nahuṣa, false conduct in matters of dharma is a kind of theft." Vaiśampāyana said: "Cursed by the wrathful Uśanas, Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, then, losing his former age — his youth — at once attained old age. Yayāti said: 'O descendant of Bhṛgu, I am not sated with youth together with Devayānī; O brahmin, show me grace; let not this old age enter into me.' Śukra said: 'O king, I do not speak this falsely; you have attained old age; but this old age, if you wish, you may pass on to another.' Yayāti said: 'O brahmin, let that son of mine who gives me his age be endowed with kingdom, merit, and fame; grant this.' Śukra said: 'O son of Nahuṣa, meditating on me with devotion, you will pass on your old age as you wish, and you will not incur sin. And that son of yours who gives you his age will become king, long-lived, famous, and rich in offspring.'"