The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.85.1

1.85.1

aṣṭaka uvāca |
yadāvaso nandane kāmarūpī saṃvatsarāṇāmayutaṃ śatānām |
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ kārtayugapradhāna hitvā tattvaṃ vasudhāmanvapadyaḥ || 1 ||

"Ashtaka said, 'Capable of assuming any form at will, thou hast lived for a million years in the gardens of Nandana. For what cause, O foremost of those that flourished in the Krita age, hast thou been compelled to leave that region and come hither?' Yayati answered, 'As kinsmen, friends, and relatives forsake, in this world, those whose wealth disappears so, in the other world, the celestials with Indra as their chief, forsake him who hath lost his righteousness.' Ashtaka said, 'I am extremely anxious to know how in the other world men can lose virtue. Tell me also, O king, what regions are attainable by what courses of action. Thou art acquainted, I know, with the acts and sayings of great beings."