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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 14]
TRANSLATION
Once during his travels all over the world, Purūravā saw Urvaśi, accompanied by five companions, on the bank of the Sarasvatī at Kurukṣetra. With jubilation in his face, he then spoke to her in sweet words as follows.
TEXT 34
अहो जाये तिष्ठ तिष्ठ घोरे न त्यक्तुमर्हसि । मां त्वमद्याप्यनिर्वृत्य वचांसि कृणवावहै ॥३४॥
aho jāye tiṣṭha tiṣṭha ghore na tyaktum arhasi mām tvam adyāpy anirvṛtya vacāṁsi kṛṇavāvahai
aho—hello; jāye—O my dear wife; tiṣṭha tiṣṭha—kindly stay, stay; ghore—O most cruel one; na—not; tyaktum—to give up; arhasi—you ought; mām—me; tvam—you; adya api—until now; anirvṛtya—hav- ing not gotten any happiness from me; vacāṁsi—some words; kṛṇavāvahai—let us talk for some time.
TRANSLATION
O my dear wife, O most cruel one, kindly stay, kindly stay. I know that I have never made you happy until now, but you should not give me up for that reason. This is not proper for you. Even if you have decided to give up my company, let us nonetheless talk for some time.
TEXT 35
सुदेहोऽयं पतत्यत्र देवि दूरं हृतस्त्वया । खादन्त्येनं वृका गृध्रास्त्वत्प्रसादस्य नास्पदम् ॥३५॥
sudeho 'yaṁ pataty atra devi dūraṁ hṛtas tvayā khādanty enaṁ vṛkā gṛdhrās tvat-prasādasya nāspadam