5.THE MARRIAGE OF DEVAYANI
But Devayani came to know of it and was naturally very angry, She complained to
her father and Sukracharya in his rage cursed Yayati with premature old age.
Yayati, thus suddenly stricken with age in the very prime of his manhood, begged so
humbly for forgiveness that Sukracharya,
who had not forgotten Devayani's rescue from the well, at last relented.
He said: "O king, you have lost the glory which is youth. The curse cannot be
recalled, but if you can persuade anyone to exchange his youth for your age the
exchange will take effect." Thus he blessed Yayati and bade him farewell.
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