Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 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; vīra — O hero; bhakṣyam — eatable; syāt — shall be; na — not; īkṣe — I 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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