192 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 14

urvasyd uranau jahrur
nyastau rdjani jayaya

te—they, the Gandharvas; upetya—coming there; mahd-ratre—in
the dead of night; tamasi—when the darkness; pratyupasthite—ap-
peared; urvasya—by Urvasi; uranau—two lambs; jahruh—stole;
nyastau—given in charge; rdjani—unto the King; jayaya—by his wife,
Urvasi.

TRANSLATION

Thus the Gandharvas came to earth, and at midnight, when
everything was dark, they appeared in the house of Purirava and
stole the two lambs entrusted to the King by his wife, Urvasi.

PURPORT

“The dead of night”’ refers to midnight. The mahd-nisa is described
in this smrti-mantra: mahd-nisé dve ghatike ratrer madhyama-
yamayoh, ‘“‘Twelve o’clock midnight is called the dead of night.”

TEXT 28
rreratadt et gaathrarai: |
caeee FTA AGATA RCI

nisamyakranditam devi
putrayor niyamanayoh

hatésmy aham kunathena
napumsd vira-mdninad

nisamya—by hearing; dkranditam—crying (because of being stolen);
devi—Urvasi; putrayoh—of those two lambs, which she treated as sons;
niyamanayoh—as they were being taken away; hatad—killed; asmi—
am; aham—Il; ku-ndthena—under the protection of a bad husband;
na-pumsd—by the eunuch; vira-manind —although considering himself
a hero.
