sevato vará¹£a-pÅ«gÄn me
urvaÅ›yÄ adharÄsavam
na tá¹›pyaty Ätma-bhūḥ kÄmo
vahnir Ähutibhir yathÄ

 sevataḥ - who was serving; vará¹£a-pÅ«gÄn - for many years; me - my; urvaÅ›yÄḥ - of Urvaśī; adhara - of the lips; Äsavam - the nectar; na tá¹›pyati - never became satisfied; Ätma-bhūḥ - born from the mind; kÄmaḥ - the lust; vahniḥ - fire; Ähutibhiḥ - by oblations; yathÄ - just as.


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Even after I had served the so-called nectar of the lips of Urvaśī for many years, my lusty desires kept rising again and again within my heart and were never satisfied, just like a fire that can never be extinguished by the oblations of ghee poured into its flames.

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