Text 11] King Purdrava Enchanted by Urvasi 181

sprham drgirasas cakre
kumdre soma eva ca

tatydja—gave delivery; vridita—being very much ashamed; tarad—
Tara, the wife of Brhaspati; kuma@ram—to a child; kanaka-prabham—
having a bodily effulgence like gold; sprhém—aspiration; dngirasah—
Brhaspati; cakre—made; kumdre—unto the child; somah—the moon-
god; eva—indeed; ca—also.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: By Brhaspati’s order, Tara, who
was very much ashamed, immediately gave birth to the child, who
was very beautiful, with a golden bodily hue. Both Brhaspati and
the moon-god, Soma, desired the beautiful child.

TEXT 11
wa aA aaa Raza: |
TGV SAT AN ASAT g aT eA

mamayam na tavety uccais
tasmin vivadamdnayoh

papracchur rsayo deva
naivoce vriditad tu sd

mama—mine; ayam—this (child); na—not; tava—yours; iti—thus;
uccaih—very loudly; tasmin—for the child; vivadamdnayoh—when
the two parties were fighting; papracchuh—inquired (from Tara);
rsayah—all the saintly persons; devdh—all the demigods; na—not;
eva —indeed; uce—said anything; vridita—being ashamed; tu—indeed;
sa—Tara.

TRANSLATION

Fighting again broke out between Brhaspati and the moon-god,
both of whom claimed, “This is my child, not yours!”’ All the
saints and demigods present asked Tara whose child the newborn
baby actually was, but because she was ashamed she could not
immediately answer.
