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Arjuna's Urvashi curse becomes his Virata disguise

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A curse that is Arjuna's own cover story - the page does not say Indra shortened it.

In Indra's heaven Arjuna refuses the apsara Urvashi, calling her 'mother'. She curses him to be a eunuch for a year. He later lives as the dance-teacher Brihannala at Virata's court.

Who: Arjuna, Urvashi, Indra

Bound to

Kindama's Curse mirror

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The Pāṇḍavas Go Incognito: Arrival at Virāṭa's Court origin

The Northern Cattle Raid: Uttara Takes Bṛhannaḍā as Charioteer mirror

Where this comes from

• commentary · r-astro.com, The five years in Indra's city

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