Urvashi

With Arjuna seated beside Indra, the celestial court stirs to life. Led by Tumburu, the gandharvas begin to sing and chant, and a host of apsaras — Ghritachi, Menaka, Rambha, Urvashi, and many others — rise to dance, moving in ways that steal the mind and the intelligence of even the perfected beings watching.

Vibhandaka, a sage of immense austerity, sees the apsara Urvashi while bathing and spills his semen. A thirsty doe drinks it and conceives, giving birth to Rishyashringa — a boy with a horn on his head who knows nothing of the world beyond his father. Meanwhile, King Lomapada of Anga, abandoned by brahmanas for his falsehoods, suffers a drought. The brahmanas tell him that only Rishyashringa can bring rain — and the king turns to courtesans to lure the innocent sage from the forest.