SanskritIASTMeaning
वैशंपायनः उवाच तुष्टैः पौरजानपदैः इति उक्तः नाहुषः तदा पूरुं सुतं आत्मजं स्वे राज्ये अभ्यषिञ्चत्vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tuṣṭaiḥ paurajānapadaiḥ iti uktaḥ nāhuṣaḥ tadā pūruṃ sutaṃ ātmajaṃ sve rājye abhyaṣiñcatVaishampayana said: [thus] addressed by the pleased townsfolk and countryfolk, the son of Nahusha then anointed his son Puru to his own kingdom
पूरवे राज्यं दत्त्वा वनवासाय दीक्षितः सः राजा ब्राह्मणैः तापसैः सह पुरात् निर्ययौpūrave rājyaṃ dattvā vanavāsāya dīkṣitaḥ saḥ rājā brāhmaṇaiḥ tāpasaiḥ saha purāt niryayauhaving given the kingdom to Puru [and] having dedicated himself to forest life, that king went forth from the city together with brahmins and ascetics
यदोः तु यादवाः जाताः तुर्वसोः यवनाः सुताः द्रुह्योः अपि सुताः भोजाः अनोः तु म्लेच्छजातयःyadoḥ tu yādavāḥ jātāḥ turvasoḥ yavanāḥ sutāḥ druhyoḥ api sutāḥ bhojāḥ anoḥ tu mlecchajātayaḥfrom Yadu were born the Yadavas, the sons of Turvasu -- the Yavanas, the sons of Druhyu -- the Bhojas, and the [descendants] of Anu -- the tribes of the Mlecchas
पार्थिव पूरोः तु पौरवः वंशः यत्र त्वं जातः असि वशी अयं वर्षसहस्राय राज्यं कारयितुं [समर्थः]pārthiva pūroḥ tu pauravaḥ vaṃśaḥ yatra tvaṃ jātaḥ asi vaśī ayaṃ varṣasahasrāya rājyaṃ kārayituṃ [samarthaḥ]O king, from Puru [came] the line of the Pauravas, in which you yourself were born; the self-controlled [Puru was able] to rule the kingdom for a thousand years
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पौरजानपदैस्paurajānapadaisoriginal form "paurajānapadais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुष्टैर्tuṣṭairoriginal form "tuṣṭair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उक्तोuktooriginal form "ukto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नाहुषस्nāhuṣasoriginal form "nāhuṣas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततःtataḥoriginal form "tataḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुतम्sutamoriginal form "sutam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आत्मजम्ātmajamoriginal form "ātmajam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चcaoriginal form "ca", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ब्राह्मणैस्brāhmaṇaisoriginal form "brāhmaṇais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यदोस्yadosoriginal form "yados", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यादवाyādavāoriginal form "yādavā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जातास्jātāsoriginal form "jātās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तुर्वसोर्turvasororiginal form "turvasor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्रुह्योर्druhyororiginal form "druhyor", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुताsutāoriginal form "sutā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भोजाbhojāoriginal form "bhojā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनोस्anosoriginal form "anos", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूरोस्pūrosoriginal form "pūros", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पौरवोpauravooriginal form "pauravo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वंशोvaṃśooriginal form "vaṃśo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जातोjātooriginal form "jāto", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽसि'sioriginal form "'si", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इदंidaṃoriginal form "idaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the tale of Yayati comes to a close -- with Puru's enthronement and the father's departure to the forest. Yayati's final act is significant: having given up the kingdom, he "dedicates himself to forest life" (vanaprastha). Here is the fulfillment of the ideal of the ashramas: having had his fill of worldly life in the season of householdership, a person in old age relinquishes power and withdraws to austerity and reflection on the highest; thus life is crowned not by clinging to the world but by renunciation. Yayati, who once "could not have his fill of youth," now departs of his own accord -- as the fuller tale will show -- having grasped the futility of passion. The origin of the peoples is also significant: from the five sons come the Yadavas, the line of Krishna, the Yavanas, the Bhojas, the Mlecchas, and the Pauravas. Thus the tradition traces many peoples, including the "foreign" ones -- the Yavanas, the Mlecchas -- back to a single forefather, Yayati; the idea of the kinship of all people, through a common ancestor. And -- significant for the listener Janamejaya, and for us -- "the line of the Pauravas, in which you yourself were born": thus the tale of Yayati is no digression, but the direct lineage of the listener and of the epic's heroes. From Puru come the Pauravas; from them, the Kurus, the Bharatas, and finally the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Thus, through Puru's filial sacrifice, the founding of the principal lineage of the Mahabharata is laid.