Canto 9: LiberationChapter 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.14.22

ghṛtaḿ me vīra bhakṣyaḿ syān

nekṣe tvānyatra maithunāt

vivāsasaḿ tat tatheti

pratipede mahāmanāḥ

SYNONYMS

ghṛtam — clarified butter or nectar; me — my; vīraO hero; bhakṣyam — eatable; syāt — shall be; na — not; īkṣeI shall see; tvā — you; anyatra — any other time; maithunāt — except at the time of sexual intercourse; vivāsasam — without any dress (naked); tat — that; tathā iti — shall be like that; pratipede — promised; mahāmanāḥ — King Purūravā.

TRANSLATION

Urvaśī said: "My dear hero, only preparations made in ghee [clarified butter] will be my eatables, and I shall not want to see you naked at any time, except at the time of sexual intercourse." The great-minded King Purūravā accepted these proposals.

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