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ŚB 9.18.35

Devanagari

प्रियामनुगत: कामी वचोभिरुपमन्त्रयन् ।
न प्रसादयितुं शेके पादसंवाहनादिभि: ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

priyām anugataḥ kāmī
vacobhir upamantrayan
na prasādayituṁ śeke
pāda-saṁvāhanādibhiḥ

Synonyms

priyām — his beloved wife; anugataḥ — following; kāmī — very, very lusty; vacobhiḥ — by great words; upamantrayan — appeasing; na — not; prasādayitum — to appease; śeke — was able; pāda-saṁvāhana-ādibhiḥ — even by massaging her feet.

Translation

King Yayāti, who was very lusty, followed his wife, caught her and tried to appease her by speaking pleasing words and massaging her feet, but he could not satisfy her by any means.