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.”
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rrreratead et gratihrara: |
caeee FTA AGATA RCI
nisamyakranditam devi
putrayor niyamanayoh
hatésmy aham kunathena
napumsd vira-mdninad
nisamya—by hearing; a@kranditam—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.
