Canto 9: LiberationChapter 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.14.26

apaśyann urvaśīm indro

gandharvān samacodayat

urvaśī-rahitaḿ mahyam

āsthānaḿ nātiśobhate

SYNONYMS

apaśyan — without seeing; urvaśīmUrvaśī; indraḥ — the King of the heavenly planet; gandharvān — unto the Gandharvas; samacodayat — instructed; urvaśī-rahitam — without Urvaśī; mahyam — my; āsthānam — place; na — not; atiśobhate — appears beautiful.

TRANSLATION

Not seeing Urvaśī in his assembly, the King of heaven, Lord Indra, said, "Without Urvaśī my assembly is no longer beautiful." Considering this, he requested the Gandharvas to bring her back to his heavenly planet.

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