“Urvashi” Urvashi is Sanskrit for “she who can control the heart of others.&r
“Urvashi” Urvashi is Sanskrit for “she who can control the heart of others.”She was considered the most beautiful of all apsaras (nymphs), and was known for being youthful and charming but always elusive. She was also a source of both delight and anguish. Urvashi found heaven to be quite suffocating. Everything was cold and synthetic, the colors were mundane, and the flowers lacking in fragrance, which is why she often went to Earth in the middle of the night to feel the mist in the air and the breeze of the wind against her skin. On the other hand, King Pururavas was envious of the gods. He was regularly invited to events at the King Indra’s court, and was haunted by the grandeur he saw there. One night he got in his chariot and flew through the skies. It was there that the two met. Urvashi was returning from her task of breaking penance of the rishi (saint), Vibhandaka, when she was abducted by a demon. Pururavas was quick to notice and chased the demon away, freeing Urvashi. The brief moment they touched changed their lives forever. Continuing with the theme of remixing western art, the western counterpart of this painting is “The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo. Similar to Michelangelo’s depiction where God is seen stretching his arm out towards Adam to pass the spark of life, the moment Urvashi & Pururavas touch ignites a passion so intense but unfortunately fleeting. Her aura gives him “life,” but true to her nature, she is the beauty he can’t have. -- source link
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