Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 13
DB 1 13.1
पुरूरवस उर्वश्याश्च चरित्रवर्णनम् सूत उवाच सुद्युने तु दिवं याते राज्यं चक्रे पुरूरवाः । सगुणश्च सुरूपश्च प्रजारञ्जनतत्परः
purūravasa urvaśyāśca caritravarṇanam sūta uvāca sudyune tu divaṃ yāte rājyaṃ cakre purūravāḥ | saguṇaśca surūpaśca prajārañjanatatparaḥ
The description of the deeds of Purūravas and Urvaśī. Sūta said: When Sudyumna had gone to heaven, Purūravas took up the kingship — endowed with virtues, handsome, and intent upon pleasing his subjects.
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DB 1 13.2
प्रतिष्ठाने पुरे रम्ये राज्यं सर्वनमस्कृतम् । चकार सर्वधर्मज्ञः प्रजारक्षणतत्परः
pratiṣṭhāne pure ramye rājyaṃ sarvanamaskṛtam | cakāra sarvadharmajñaḥ prajārakṣaṇatatparaḥ
In the lovely city of Pratiṣṭhāna he exercised a rule honoured by all, knowing all the duties and intent upon protecting his subjects.
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DB 1 13.3
मन्त्रः सुगुप्तस्तस्यासीत्परत्राभिज्ञता तथा । सदैवोत्साहशक्तिश्च प्रभुशक्तिस्तथोत्तमा
mantraḥ suguptastasyāsītparatrābhijñatā tathā | sadaivotsāhaśaktiśca prabhuśaktistathottamā
His counsel was well guarded, and likewise he had knowledge of the hereafter; and always the power of energy, and likewise excellent power of lordship.
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DB 1 13.4
सामदानादयः सर्वे वशगास्तस्य भूपतेः । वर्णाश्रमान्स्वधर्मस्थान्कुर्वन् राज्यं शशास ह
sāmadānādayaḥ sarve vaśagāstasya bhūpateḥ | varṇāśramānsvadharmasthānkurvan rājyaṃ śaśāsa ha
Conciliation, gifts and all the rest were subject to that lord of the earth; keeping the classes and life-stages fixed in their own duties, he ruled the kingdom.
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DB 1 13.5
यज्ञांश्च विविधांश्चक्रे स राजा बहुदक्षिणान् । दानानि च पवित्राणि ददावथ नराधिपः
yajñāṃśca vividhāṃścakre sa rājā bahudakṣiṇān | dānāni ca pavitrāṇi dadāvatha narādhipaḥ
And that king performed various sacrifices with abundant priestly fees; and then that ruler of men bestowed purifying gifts.
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DB 1 13.6
तस्य रूपगुणौदार्यशीलद्रविणविक्रमान् । श्रुत्वोर्वशी वशीभूता चकमे तं नराधिपम्
tasya rūpaguṇaudāryaśīladraviṇavikramān | śrutvorvaśī vaśībhūtā cakame taṃ narādhipam
Hearing of his beauty, virtues, generosity, character, wealth and valour, Urvaśī, brought under (their) sway, fell in love with that ruler of men.
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DB 1 13.7
ब्रह्मशापाभितप्ता सा मानुषं लोकमास्थिता । गुणिनं तं नृपं मत्वा वरयामास मानिनी
brahmaśāpābhitaptā sā mānuṣaṃ lokamāsthitā | guṇinaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ matvā varayāmāsa māninī
Scorched by a brahmin's curse, she had come to dwell in the world of men; and, proud lady that she was, thinking that king endowed with virtues, she chose him.
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DB 1 13.8
समयं चेदृशं कृत्वा स्थिता तत्र वराङ्गना । एतावुरणकौ राजन्न्यस्तौ रक्षस्व मानद
samayaṃ cedṛśaṃ kṛtvā sthitā tatra varāṅganā | etāvuraṇakau rājannyastau rakṣasva mānada
And that lovely woman stayed there after making an agreement of this sort: "These two lambs, O king, are entrusted (to you); guard them, O giver of honour."
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DB 1 13.9
घृतं मे भक्षणं नित्यं नान्यत्किञ्चिन्नृपाशनम् । नेक्षे त्वां च महाराज नग्नमन्यत्र मैथुनात्
ghṛtaṃ me bhakṣaṇaṃ nityaṃ nānyatkiñcinnṛpāśanam | nekṣe tvāṃ ca mahārāja nagnamanyatra maithunāt
"Ghee is my constant food, no other thing is my nourishment, O king; and, great king, I shall not look upon you naked, except in intercourse."
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DB 1 13.10
भाषाबन्धस्त्वयं राजन् यदि भग्नो भविष्यति । तदा त्यक्त्वा गमिष्यामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
bhāṣābandhastvayaṃ rājan yadi bhagno bhaviṣyati | tadā tyaktvā gamiṣyāmi satyametadbravīmyaham
"This compact of words, O king—if it comes to be broken, then I shall leave you and go. This I tell you truly."
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DB 1 13.11
अङ्गीकृतं च तद्राज्ञा कामिन्या भाषितं तु यत् । स्थिता भाषणबन्धेन शापानुगहकाम्यया
aṅgīkṛtaṃ ca tadrājñā kāminyā bhāṣitaṃ tu yat | sthitā bhāṣaṇabandhena śāpānugahakāmyayā
And what the loving woman said was agreed to by the king; and she stayed under the bond of that agreement, desiring (to complete) the course of the curse.
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DB 1 13.12
रेमे तदा स भूपालो लीनो वर्षगणान्बहून् । धर्मकर्मादिकं त्यक्त्वा चोर्वश्या मदमोहितः
reme tadā sa bhūpālo līno varṣagaṇānbahūn | dharmakarmādikaṃ tyaktvā corvaśyā madamohitaḥ
Then that king, absorbed (in her), took his pleasure for many groups of years, abandoning duty, ritual and the rest, bewildered by intoxication with Urvaśī.
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DB 1 13.13
एकचित्तस्तु सञ्जातस्तन्मनस्को महीपतिः । न शशाक तया हीनः क्षणमप्यतिमोहितः पुरूरवस उर्वश्याश्च चरित्रवर्णनं नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः
ekacittastu sañjātastanmanasko mahīpatiḥ | na śaśāka tayā hīnaḥ kṣaṇamapyatimohitaḥ purūravasa urvaśyāśca caritravarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ
The lord of the earth became of a single mind, his thought fixed on her; deprived of her he could not (endure) even a moment, being utterly infatuated. — The thirteenth chapter, called the description of the doings of Purūravas and Urvaśī.
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DB 1 13.14
एवं वर्षगणान्ते तु स्वर्गस्थः पाकशासनः । उर्वशीं नागतां दृष्ट्वा गन्धर्वानाह देवराट्
evaṃ varṣagaṇānte tu svargasthaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | urvaśīṃ nāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā gandharvānāha devarāṭ
Thus, at the end of the groups of years, Indra, the chastiser of Pāka, dwelling in heaven, seeing that Urvaśī had not come, the king of the gods spoke to the Gandharvas:
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DB 1 13.15
उर्वशीमानयध्वं भो गन्धर्वाः सर्व एव हि । हृत्वोरणौ गृहात्तस्य भूपतेः समये किल
urvaśīmānayadhvaṃ bho gandharvāḥ sarva eva hi | hṛtvoraṇau gṛhāttasya bhūpateḥ samaye kila
"Bring Urvaśī, ho Gandharvas, all of you indeed—by stealing the two lambs from the house of that king, at the (right) moment, of course.
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DB 1 13.16
उर्वशीरहितं स्थानं मदीयं नातिशोभते । येन केनाप्युपायेन तामानयत कामिनीम्
urvaśīrahitaṃ sthānaṃ madīyaṃ nātiśobhate | yena kenāpyupāyena tāmānayata kāminīm
My abode, bereft of Urvaśī, does not shine greatly. By whatever means, bring back that lovely woman."
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DB 1 13.17
इत्युक्तास्तेऽथ गन्धर्वा विश्वावसुपुरोगमाः । ततो गत्वा महागाढे तमसि प्रत्युपस्थिते
ityuktāste'tha gandharvā viśvāvasupurogamāḥ | tato gatvā mahāgāḍhe tamasi pratyupasthite
So addressed, those Gandharvas, with Viśvāvasu at their head, then went there when very thick darkness had set in,
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DB 1 13.18
जह्रुस्तावुरणौ देवा रममाणं विलोक्य तम् । चक्रन्दतुस्तदा तौ तु ह्रियमाणौ विहायसा
jahrustāvuraṇau devā ramamāṇaṃ vilokya tam | cakrandatustadā tau tu hriyamāṇau vihāyasā
and the gods carried off those two lambs, having seen him taking his pleasure; and then those two, being borne away through the sky, cried out.
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DB 1 13.19
उर्वशी तदुपाकर्ण्य क्रन्दितं सुतयोरिव । कुपितोवाच राजानं समयोऽयं कृतो मया
urvaśī tadupākarṇya kranditaṃ sutayoriva | kupitovāca rājānaṃ samayo'yaṃ kṛto mayā
Urvaśī, hearing that crying as if of her own two sons, angrily said to the king: "This agreement was made by me;
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DB 1 13.20
नष्टाहं तव विश्वासाद्धृतौ चोरैर्ममोरणौ । राजन्पुत्रसमावेतौ त्वं किं शेषे स्त्रिया समः
naṣṭāhaṃ tava viśvāsāddhṛtau corairmamoraṇau | rājanputrasamāvetau tvaṃ kiṃ śeṣe striyā samaḥ
I am ruined through trusting you—my two lambs have been carried off by thieves! O king, they were like sons to me; why do you lie there like a woman?
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DB 1 13.21
हतास्म्यहं कुनाथेन नपुंसा वीरमानिना । उरणौ मे गतौ चाद्य सदा प्राणप्रियौ मम
hatāsmyahaṃ kunāthena napuṃsā vīramāninā | uraṇau me gatau cādya sadā prāṇapriyau mama
I am killed by a bad protector, an unmanly one who thinks himself a hero! And today my two lambs, ever dear to me as life, are gone."
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DB 1 13.22
एवं विलप्यमानां तां दृष्ट्वा राजा विमोहितः । नग्न एव ययौ तूर्णं पृष्ठतः पृथिवीपतिः
evaṃ vilapyamānāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā vimohitaḥ | nagna eva yayau tūrṇaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
Seeing her lamenting thus, the king, bewildered, quickly went after (them), the lord of the earth, naked just as he was.
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DB 1 13.23
विद्युत्प्रकाशिता तत्र गन्धर्वैर्नृपवेश्मनि । नग्नभूतस्तया दृष्टो भूपतिर्गन्तुकामया
vidyutprakāśitā tatra gandharvairnṛpaveśmani | nagnabhūtastayā dṛṣṭo bhūpatirgantukāmayā
There in the king's chamber lightning was made to flash by the Gandharvas, and the king was seen by her to be naked—by her who wished to go.
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DB 1 13.24
त्यक्त्वोरणौ गताः सर्वे गन्धर्वाः पथि पार्थिवः । नग्नो जग्राह तौ श्रान्तो जगाम स्वगृहं प्रति
tyaktvoraṇau gatāḥ sarve gandharvāḥ pathi pārthivaḥ | nagno jagrāha tau śrānto jagāma svagṛhaṃ prati
Abandoning the two lambs on the road, all the Gandharvas went away; the king, naked, seized the two and, weary, went towards his own house.
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DB 1 13.25
तदोर्वशीं गतां दृष्ट्वा विललापातिदुःखितः । नग्नं वीक्ष्य पतिं नारी गता सा वरवर्णिनी
tadorvaśīṃ gatāṃ dṛṣṭvā vilalāpātiduḥkhitaḥ | nagnaṃ vīkṣya patiṃ nārī gatā sā varavarṇinī
Then, seeing that Urvaśī had gone, he lamented, exceedingly grieved; for having seen her husband naked, that woman of lovely colour had gone.
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DB 1 13.26
क्रन्दन्स देशदेशेषु बभ्राम नृपतिः स्वयम् । तच्चित्तो विह्वलः शोचन्विवशः काममोहितः
krandansa deśadeśeṣu babhrāma nṛpatiḥ svayam | taccitto vihvalaḥ śocanvivaśaḥ kāmamohitaḥ
Crying out, the king himself wandered from country to country, his mind on her, agitated, grieving, helpless, deluded by desire.
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DB 1 13.27
भ्रमन्वै सकलां पृथ्वीं कुरुक्षेत्रे ददर्श ताम् । दृष्ट्वा संहृष्टवदनः प्राह सूक्तं नृपोत्तमः
bhramanvai sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ kurukṣetre dadarśa tām | dṛṣṭvā saṃhṛṣṭavadanaḥ prāha sūktaṃ nṛpottamaḥ
Wandering over the whole earth, he saw her at Kurukṣetra; and seeing her, with a face full of joy, the best of kings spoke well-spoken words:
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DB 1 13.28
अये जाये तिष्ठ तिष्ठ घोरे न त्यक्तुमर्हसि । मां त्वं त्वन्मनसं कान्तं वशगं चाप्यनागसम्
aye jāye tiṣṭha tiṣṭha ghore na tyaktumarhasi | māṃ tvaṃ tvanmanasaṃ kāntaṃ vaśagaṃ cāpyanāgasam
"Ah, wife, stop, stop, cruel one! You ought not to abandon me, your lover, whose mind is on you, submissive to you, and guilty of no offence.
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DB 1 13.29
स देहोऽयं पतत्यत्र देवि दूरं हृतस्त्वया । खादन्त्येनं वृकाः काकास्त्वया त्यक्तं वरोरु यत्
sa deho'yaṃ patatyatra devi dūraṃ hṛtastvayā | khādantyenaṃ vṛkāḥ kākāstvayā tyaktaṃ varoru yat
This body of mine falls here, O goddess, carried far away by you; wolves and crows will eat it, since it has been abandoned by you, O fair-thighed one."
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DB 1 13.30
एवं विलपमानं तं राजानं प्राह चोर्वशी । दुःखितं कृपणं श्रान्तं कामार्तं विवशं भृशम्
evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ rājānaṃ prāha corvaśī | duḥkhitaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ śrāntaṃ kāmārtaṃ vivaśaṃ bhṛśam
To that king, lamenting thus—grieved, wretched, exhausted, tormented by desire, utterly helpless—Urvaśī spoke.
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DB 1 13.31
उर्वश्युवाच मूर्खोऽसि नृपशार्दूल ज्ञानं कुत्र गतं तव । क्वापि सख्यं न च स्त्रीणां वृकाणामिव पार्थिव
urvaśyuvāca mūrkho'si nṛpaśārdūla jñānaṃ kutra gataṃ tava | kvāpi sakhyaṃ na ca strīṇāṃ vṛkāṇāmiva pārthiva
Urvaśī said: You are a fool, O tiger among kings; where has your knowledge gone? Nowhere is there friendship in women, O king, any more than in wolves.
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DB 1 13.32
न विश्वासो हि कर्तव्यः स्त्रीषु चौरेषु पार्थिवैः । गृहं गच्छ सुखं भुंक्ष्व मा विषादे मनः कृथाः
na viśvāso hi kartavyaḥ strīṣu caureṣu pārthivaiḥ | gṛhaṃ gaccha sukhaṃ bhuṃkṣva mā viṣāde manaḥ kṛthāḥ
Indeed no trust should be placed by kings in women or in thieves. Go home, enjoy pleasure, do not set your mind on despondency.
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DB 1 13.33
इत्येवं बोधितो राजा न विवेदातिमोहितः । दुःखं च परमं प्राप्तः स्वैरिणीस्नेहयन्त्रितः
ityevaṃ bodhito rājā na vivedātimohitaḥ | duḥkhaṃ ca paramaṃ prāptaḥ svairiṇīsnehayantritaḥ
Though thus instructed, the king, being utterly deluded, did not understand; and he attained the utmost grief, bound fast by love for a wanton woman.
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DB 1 13.34
सूत उवाच इति सर्वं समाख्यातमुर्वशीचरितं महत् । वेदे विस्तरितं चैतत्संक्षेपात्कथितं मया
sūta uvāca iti sarvaṃ samākhyātamurvaśīcaritaṃ mahat | vede vistaritaṃ caitatsaṃkṣepātkathitaṃ mayā
Sūta said: Thus the whole great story of Urvaśī has been recounted; it is told at length in the Veda, and has been related by me in brief.
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