मित्रावरुणयो: शापादापन्ना नरलोकताम् । निशम्य पुरुषश्रेष्ठं कन्दर्पमिव रूपिणम् । धृतिं विष्टभ्य ललना उपतस्थे तदन्तिके ॥ १७ ॥ स तां विलोक्य नृपतिर्हर्षेणोत्फुल्ललोचन: । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा देवीं हृष्टतनूरुह: ॥ १८ ॥
mitra-varunayoh sapad apanna nara-lokatam nisamya purusa-srestham kandarpam iva rupinam dhrtim vistabhya lalana upatasthe tad-antike sa tam vilokya nrpatir harsenotphulla-locanah uvaca slaksnaya vaca devim hrsta-tanuruhah
- mitra-varunayoh
- of Mitra and Varuna
- sapat
- by the curse
- apanna
- having obtained
- nara-lokatam
- the habits of a human being
- nisamya
- thus seeing
- purusa-srestham
- the best of males
- kandarpam iva
- like Cupid
- rupinam
- having beauty
- dhrtim
- patience, forbearance
- vistabhya
- accepting
- lalana
- that woman
- upatasthe
- approached
- tat-antike
- near to him
- sah
- he, Pururava
- tam
- her
- vilokya
- by seeing
- nrpatih
- the King
- harsena
- with great jubilation
- utphulla-locanah
- whose eyes became very bright
- uvaca
- said
- slaksnaya
- very mild
- vaca
- by words
- devim
- unto the demigoddess
- hrsta-tanuruhah
- the hairs on whose body were standing in jubilation
Having been cursed by Mitra and Varuna, the celestial woman Urvasi had acquired the habits of a human being. Therefore, upon seeing Pururava, the best of males, whose beauty resembled that of Cupid, she controlled herself and then approached him. When King Pururava saw Urvasi, his eyes became jubilant in the ecstasy of joy, and the hairs on his body stood on end. With mild, pleasing words, he spoke to her as follows.