Text 16] King Purarava Enchanted by Urvasi 183

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma then brought Tara to a secluded place, and after
pacifying her he asked to whom the child actually belonged. She
replied very slowly, ‘“‘This is the son of Soma, the moon-god.”
Then the moon-god immediately took charge of the child.

TEXT 14

Taaast TI zal FW
TAN THAT FA FATAL eA MVM

tasyatma-yonir akrta
budha ity abhidhari nrpa
buddhya gambhiraya yena
putrenapoduran mudam

tasya—of the child; dtma-yonih—Lord Brahma; akrta—made;
budhah—Budha; iti—thus; abhidham—the name; nrpa—O King
Pariksit; buddhya—by intelligence; gambhiraya—very deeply situated;
yena—by whom; putrena—by such a son; dpa—he got; udurat—the
moon-god; mudam—jubilation.

TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, when Lord Brahma saw that the child was
deeply intelligent, he gave the child the name Budha. The moon-
god, the ruler of the stars, enjoyed great jubilation because of this
son.

TEXTS 15-16
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CO ME SOWA RUC MICE RC aI RaRT
PICS TEC MNCL IIL MCCUE
acfeanaraa «= eat eTTaT URE

tatah purtrava jajiie
ilayamh ya udahrtah
