घृतं मे वीर भक्ष्यं स्यान्नेक्षे त्वान्यत्र मैथुनात् ।
विवाससं तत् तथेति प्रतिपेदे महामनाः ॥२२॥

ghṛtaṁ me vīra bhakṣyaṁ syān
nekṣe tvānyatra maithunāt
vivāsasaṁ tat tatheti
pratipede mahāmanāḥ

 ghṛtam - clarified butter or nectar; me - my; vīra - O hero; bhakṣyam - eatable; syāt - shall be; na - not; īkṣe - I shall see; tvā - you; anyatra - any other time; maithunāt - except at the time of sexual intercourse; vivāsasam - without any dress (naked); tat - that; tathā iti - shall be like that; pratipede - promised; mahāmanāḥ - King Purūravā.


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Urvaśī said: “My dear hero, only preparations made in ghee [clarified butter] will be my eatables, and I shall not want to see you naked at any time, except at the time of sexual intercourse.” The great-minded King Purūravā accepted these proposals.

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