Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 4: Drumila Explains the Incarnations of Godhead to King Nimi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.4.15

om ity ādeśam ādāya

natvā taḿ sura-vandinaḥ

urvaśīm apsaraḥ-śreṣṭhāḿ

puraskṛtya divaḿ yayuḥ

SYNONYMS

om iti — chanting oḿ to signify agreement; ādeśam — His order; ādāya — taking; natvā — offering obeisances; tamto Him; sura — of the demigods; vandinaḥ — those servants; urvaśīmUrvaśi; apsaraḥ-śreṣṭhām — the best of the Apsarās; puraḥ-kṛtya — placing in front (out of respect); divamto heaven; yayuḥ — they returned.

TRANSLATION

Vibrating the sacred syllable oḿ, the servants of the demigods selected Urvaśī, the best of the Apsarās. Placing her in front of them out of respect, they returned to the heavenly planets.

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