Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.3

यदुस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच नरर्षभम्। पुत्रस्ते दयितः पूरुः प्रतिगृह्णातु वै जराम्॥

yadustadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratyuvāca nararṣabham| putraste dayitaḥ pūruḥ pratigṛhṇātu vai jarām||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of Yayāti, the foremost of men, Yadu replied: "Let your most favourite son Puru take upon himself this decrepitude.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)