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Urvashi

Artist: Ravi Parma Press

Date: 1890

Collection: Raja Ravi Heritage Foundation, Bengaluru, India

Description

Another love story bordering on a tragic, abrupt end. The beautiful celestial apsara Urvashi is sent down from the heavens and king Puruvanas falls in love with her. She Agrees to his proposal of marriage on the condition that he never neglects her pet goats and secondly, he will never present himself naked before her. Urvashi tells him that if he disobeys the two conditions at any time, she would go away.

Puruvanas remains rooted in love and stays true, causing dismay to the Devas, who want Urvashi back in their abode. Some of them come down stealthily at night and steal the goats; hearing the animals' cry Urvashi chides Puruvanas for letting go unattended. Rushing out to rescue them, the king is caught unaware as a flash of lighting reveals his naked self. With the second condition also broken, albeit unwittingly, Urvashi flies away to the heavens even as a dispirited Peruvanas desesperately tries to stop her departure.

An Exile’s Prayer: Why Are You Cast Down? Heading

For the choir director. A maskil by the Sons of Korah.

Longing for the Temple

1 As a doe pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and appear before God? 3 My tears have been food for me day and night, while people are saying to me all day, “Where is your God?”

4 I am overcome by my emotions whenever I remember these things: how I used to arrive with the crowd, as I led the procession to the house of God, with loud shouts of thanksgiving, with the crowd celebrating the festival.

Refrain

5 Why are you so depressed, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I will again praise him for salvation from his presence.

Remembrance of the Lord

6 My God, my soul is depressed within me. Therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your rapids. All your breakers and your waves have swept over me. 8 By day the Lord commands his mercy, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around mourning because of oppression by the enemy?” 10 It is like breaking my bones when my foes taunt me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

Refrain

11 Why are you so depressed, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I will again praise him for my salvation from the face of my God. — Psalm 42 | Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV) The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Cross References: Deuteronomy 3:8-9; 1 Samuel 1:15; 2 Samuel 17:22; Job 3:24; Job 30:28; Job 35:10; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 13:2; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 22:2; Psalm 38:6; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 77:3; Psalm 84:2; Psalm 115:2; Psalm 119:10; Jeremiah 4:20; Joel 2:17; Jonah 2:3; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 26:38; Matthew 26:63