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.

SB 9.14.21 - SB 9.14.23