Canto 9, Chapter 19

Chapter 19

Verse 18 (SB 9.19.18)
SB 9.19.18 • मूल श्लोक

पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं मे विषयान् सेवतोऽसकृत् । तथापि चानुसवनं तृष्णा तेषूपजायते ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

pūrṇaṁ varṣa-sahasraṁ me viṣayān sevato ’sakṛt tathāpi cānusavanaṁ tṛṣṇā teṣūpajāyate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

pūrṇam — completely; varṣa-sahasram — one thousand years; me — my; viṣayān — sense gratification; sevataḥ — enjoying; asakṛt — without cessation, continuously; tathā api — still; ca — indeed; anusavanam — more and more; tṛṣṇā — lusty desires; teṣu — in sense gratification; upajāyate — are increased.

Translation

“I have spent a full one thousand years enjoying sense gratification, yet my desire to enjoy such pleasure increases daily.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Mahārāja Yayāti is explaining, in terms of his actual experience, how strong are sexual desires, even in old age.