गन्धर्वानुपधावेमांस्तुभ्यं दास्यन्ति मामिति । तस्य संस्तुवतस्तुष्टा अग्निस्थालीं ददुर्नृप । उर्वशीं मन्यमानस्तां सोऽबुध्यत चरन् वने ॥ ४२ ॥
gandharvan upadhavemams tubhyam dasyanti mam iti tasya samstuvatas tusta agni-sthalim dadur nrpa urvasim manyamanas tam so ’budhyata caran vane
- gandharvan
- unto the Gandharvas
- upadhava
- go take shelter
- iman
- these
- tubhyam
- unto you
- dasyanti
- will deliver
- mam iti
- exactly like me, or me factually
- tasya
- by him
- samstuvatah
- offering prayers
- tustah
- being satisfied
- agni-sthalim
- a girl produced from fire
- daduh
- delivered
- nrpa
- O King
- urvasim
- Urvasi
- manya-manah
- thinking
- tam
- her
- sah
- he (Pururava)
- abudhyata
- understood factually
- caran
- while walking
- vane
- in the forest
Urvasi said: My dear King, seek shelter of the Gandharvas, for they will be able to deliver me to you again In accordance with these words, the King satisfied the Gandharvas by prayers, and the Gandharvas, being pleased with him, gave him an Agnisthali girl who looked exactly like Urvasi. Thinking that the girl was Urvasi, the King began walking with her in the forest, but later he could understand that she was not Urvasi but Agnisthali.