Text 9] King Purdrava Enchanted by Urvasi 179

samarah—a fight; taraka-mayah—simply because of Tara, a woman,
the wife of Brhaspati.

TRANSLATION

King Indra, accompanied by all kinds of demigods, joined the
side of Brhaspati. Thus there was a great fight, destroying both
demons and demigods, only for the sake of Tara, Brhaspati’s wife.

TEXT 8

Prafeatseniaren ata Praca ara |
ant aad wRaceaaataad Wa: lc Ul

nivedito ‘thangirasa
somam nirbhartsya visva-krt
taram sva-bhartre prayacchad
antarvatnim avait patih

niveditah—being fully informed; atha—thus; arigirasa—by Angira
Muni; somam—the moon-god; nirbhartsya—chastising severely; visva-
krt—Lord Brahma; taram—Tara, the wife of Brhaspati; sva-bhartre—
unto her husband; prdyacchat—delivered; antarvatnim—pregnant;
avait—could understand; patih—the husband (Brhaspati).

TRANSLATION

When Lord Brahma was fully informed by Angira about the en-
tire incident, he severely chastised the moon-god, Soma. Thus
Lord Brahma delivered Tara to her husband, who could then
understand that she was pregnant.

TEXT 9
Ts TTT was aad Te:
ale cat arena Fa fad arena sAA UI 8 II

tyaja tyajasu dusprajre
mat-ksetrad ahitam paraih
