Chapter 14
घृतं मे वीर भक्ष्यं स्यान्नेक्षे त्वान्यत्र मैथुनात् । विवाससं तत् तथेति प्रतिपेदे महामना: ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
ghṛtaṁ me vīra bhakṣyaṁ syān nekṣe tvānyatra maithunāt vivāsasaṁ tat tatheti pratipede mahāmanāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”