Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 26 Verse 4

Canto 11: General History | Chapter 26: The Aila-gītā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.26.4

ailaḥ samrāḍ imāḿ gāthām

agāyata bṛhac-chravāḥ

urvaśī-virahān muhyan

nirviṇṇaḥ śoka-saḿyame

SYNONYMS

ailaḥ — King Purūravā; samrāṭ — the great emperor; imām — this; gāthām — song; agāyata — sang; bṛhat — mighty; śravāḥ — whose fame; urvaśī-virahāt — because of experiencing separation from Urvaśī; muhyan — becoming bewildered; nirviṇṇaḥ — feeling detached; śoka — his lamentation; saḿyame — when he was finally able to bring under control.

TRANSLATION

The following song was sung by the famous emperor Purūravā. When deprived of his wife, Urvaśī, he was at first bewildered, but by controlling his lamentation he began to feel detachment.

PURPORT

This story is also narrated in the Ninth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Aila, or Purūravā, was a great king whose glories were vast. On being separated from Urvaśī, he felt great bewilderment at first. But after meeting her briefly at Kurukṣetra, he worshiped the demigods with the sacrificial fire given him by the Gandharvas and received the privilege of entering the planet where she resided.

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