The curse: When Arjuna goes to visit his father, Indra he is attracted by heavenly beauty of Urvashi. Indra, noticing this, arranges for their meeting by instructing Urvashi. Urvashi goes to Arjuna's room the same night. However, Arjuna declines to consummate her stating she is his mother. Urvashi, infuriated at the fact that a mortal could resist her temptation, curses Arjuna to spend the rest of his life as an eunuch. Urvashi reduces the curse to one year after Indra's intervention.
The atonement:When the Pandavas are in last year of their 13 year long exile, they go to Virata, the king of Matsya Kingdom. Everyone assumes a disguise to conceal identities. Arjuna takes this opportunity to fulfill his curse and become Brihannala, a dance/music teacher of Uttara, daughter of King Virata.
After spending a year as eunuch, eventually Arjuna reveals himself on the final day of their exile. In the process he defeats the Kuru army as well which had attacked Matsya Kingdom, suspecting Pandvas had hidden there.
Therefore, apart from one year spent as Brihannala, Arjuna was not impotent.
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