Having said this, Yayati remembered the great ascetic, the son of Kavi (Shukra) and transferred his decrepitude to the body of the high-souled Puru.
एवमुक्त्वा ययातिस्तु स्मृत्वा काव्यं महातपाः। संक्रामयामास जरां तदा पूरौ महात्मनि॥