Text 23] King Purarava Enchanted by Urvasi 189

TEXT 23
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aho riipam aho bhavo
nara-loka-vimohanam

ko na seveta manujo
devirh tua svayam dgatam

aho—wonderful; riaipam—beauty; aho—wonderful; bhavah—
postures; nara-loka—in human society or on the planet earth;
vimohanam—so attractive; kah—who; na—not; seveta—can accept;
manujah—among human beings; devim—a demigoddess; tua@m—like
you; svayam dgatam—who has personally arrived.

TRANSLATION

Purdrava replied: O beautiful one, your beauty is wonderful
and your gestures are also wonderful. Indeed, you are attractive to
all human society. Therefore, since you have come of your own ac-
cord from the heavenly planets, who on earth would not agree to
serve a demigoddess such as you.

PURPORT

It appears from the words of Urvasi that the standard of living, eating,
behavior and speech are all different on the heavenly planets from the
standards on this planet earth. The inhabitants of the heavenly planets
do not eat such abominable things as meat and eggs; everything they eat
is prepared in clarified butter. Nor do they like to see either men or
women naked, except at the time of sexual intercourse. To live naked or
almost naked is uncivilized, but on this planet earth it has now become
fashionable to dress half naked, and sometimes those like hippies live
completely naked. Indeed, there are many clubs and societies for this
purpose. Such conduct is not allowed, however, on the heavenly planets.
The inhabitants of the heavenly planets, aside from being very beautiful,
both in complexion and bodily features, are well behaved and long-
living, and they eat first-class food in goodness. These are some of the
