ते उपेत्य महारात्रे तमसि प्रत्युपस्थिते । उर्वश्या उरणौ जह्रुर्न्यस्तौ राजनि जायया ॥ २७ ॥
te upetya maha-ratre tamasi pratyupasthite urvasya uranau jahrur nyastau rajani jayaya
- te
- they, the Gandharvas
- upetya
- coming there
- maha-ratre
- in the dead of night
- tamasi
- when the darkness
- pratyupasthite
- appeared
- urvasya
- by Urvasi
- uranau
- two lambs
- jahruh
- stole
- nyastau
- given in charge
- rajani
- unto the King
- jayaya
- by his wife, Urvasi.
Thus the Gandharvas came to earth, and at midnight, when everything was dark, they appeared in the house of Pururava and stole the two lambs entrusted to the King by his wife, Urvasi.