SB 9.14.22

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 14: King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī

SB 9.14.21 - SB 9.14.23

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 22

ghṛtaṁ me vīra bhakṣyaṁ syān

nekṣe tvānyatra maithunāt

vivāsasaṁ 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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