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Chapter 1.71 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

ययातिः पूर्वकोऽस्माकं दशमो यः प्रजापतेः कथं शुक्रतनयां लेभे परमदुर्लभाम्

English Translation

Janamejaya said : How did our ancestor (Yayati) who was the tenth from Prajapati, obtain the unobtainable daughter of Shukra? O great ascetic, I desire to hear this in detail. Tell me also separately the account of those kings who were the founders of dynasties.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ययातिः | पूर्वको | ऽस्माकं | दशमो | यः | प्रजापतेः
कथं | स | शुक्र + तनया | लेभे | परम + दुर्लभ