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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 14]
niśi nistriṁśam ādāya vivastro 'bhyadravad ruṣā
iti—thus; vāk-sāyakaiḥ—by the arrows of strong words; biddhaḥ—being pierced; pratottraiḥ—by the goads; iva—like; kuñjaraḥ—an elephant; niśi—in the night; nistriṁśam—a sword; ādāya—taking in hand; vivastraḥ—naked; abhyadravat—went out; ruṣā—in anger.
TRANSLATION
Purūravā, stricken by the sharp words of Urvaśi like an elephant struck by its driver's pointed rod, became very angry. Not even dressing himself properly, he took a sword in hand and went out naked into the night to follow the Gandharvas who had stolen the lambs.
TEXT 31
ते विसृज्योरणौ तत्र व्यद्योतन्त स्म विद्युतः । आदाय मेषावायान्तं नग्नमैक्षत सा पतिम् ॥३१॥
te visṛjyoraṇau tatra vyadyotanta sma vidyutaḥ ādāya meṣāv āyāntaṁ nagnam aikṣata sā patim
te—they, the Gandharvas; visṛjya—after giving up; uraṇau—the two lambs; tatra—on the spot; vyadyotanta sma—illuminated; vidyutaḥ—shining like lightning; ādāya—taking in hand; meṣau—the two lambs; āyāntam—returning; nagnam—naked; aikṣata—saw; sā—Urvaśi; patim—her husband.
TRANSLATION
After giving up the two lambs, the Gandharvas shone brightly like lightning, thus illuminating the house of Purūravā. Urvaśi then saw her husband returning with the lambs in hand, but he was naked, and therefore she left.