Devanagari
अपश्यन्नुर्वशीमिन्द्रो गन्धर्वान् समचोदयत् ।
उर्वशीरहितं मह्यमास्थानं नातिशोभते ॥ २६ ॥
Verse text
apaśyann urvaśīm indro
gandharvān samacodayat
urvaśī-rahitaṁ mahyam
āsthānaṁ nātiśobhate
Synonyms
apaśyan
—
without seeing
;
urvaśīm
—
Urvaśī
;
indraḥ
—
the King of the heavenly planet
;
gandharvān
—
unto the Gandharvas
;
samacodayat
—
instructed
;
urvaśī
—
rahitam — without Urvaśī
;
mahyam
—
my
;
āsthānam
—
place
;
na
—
not
;
atiśobhate
—
appears beautiful .
Translation
Not seeing Urvaśī in his assembly, the King of heaven, Lord Indra, said, “Without Urvaśī my assembly is no longer beautiful.” Considering this, he requested the Gandharvas to bring her back to his heavenly planet.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Not seeing Urvaśī in his assembly, Indra said to the Gandharvas, “Without Urvaśī my assembly is no longer beautiful.”
My assembly (mahyam āsthānam) is not beautiful.