Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.26.14

sevato varṣa-pūgān me

urvaśyā adharāsavam

na tṛpyaty ātma-bhūḥ kāmo

vahnir āhutibhir yathā

SYNONYMS

sevataḥ — who was serving; varṣa-pūgān — for many years; me — my; urvaśyāḥ — of Urvaśī; adhara — of the lips; āsavam — the nectar; na tṛpyati — never became satisfied; ātma-bhūḥ — born from the mind; kāmaḥ — the lust; vahniḥ — fire; āhutibhiḥ — by oblations; yathā — just as.

TRANSLATION

Even after I had served the so-called nectar of the lips of Urvaśī for many years, my lusty desires kept rising again and again within my heart and were never satisfied, just like a fire that can never be extinguished by the oblations of ghee poured into its flames.

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