And like animal, the powerful one Nahusha carried them on the back of Rishis. Beating the very dwellers of heaven with his beauty, his asceticism, his prowess and energy, he ruled the earth, as if he was Indra himself. Nahusha begot six sweet-speeched sons, namely, Yati, Yayati, Sanyati, Aayati, Ayati and Dhruva. Yati adopted asceticism and became a great Rishi like Brahma himself.
पशुवच्चैव तान्पृष्ठे वाहयामास वीर्यवान्। कारयामास चेन्द्रत्वमभिभूय दिवौकसः॥ तेजसा तपसा चैव विक्रमेणौजसा तथा। यतिं ययाति संयातिमायातिमयति ध्रुवम्॥ नहुषो जनयामास षट्सुतान्प्रियवादिनः। यतिस्तु योगमास्थाय ब्रह्मभूतोऽभवन्मुनिः॥