Text 43] King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśi
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mānaḥ —thinking;  tām —her;  saḥ —he (Purūravā);  abudhyata —understood factually;  caran —while walking;  vane —in the forest.
TRANSLATION
Urvaśi said: “My dear King, seek shelter of the Gandharvas, for they will be able to deliver me to you again.” In accordance with these words, the King satisfied the Gandharvas by prayers, and the Gandharvas, being pleased with him, gave him an Agnisthāli girl who looked exactly like Urvaśi. Thinking that the girl was Urvaśi, the King began walking with her in the forest, but later he could understand that she was not Urvaśi but Agnisthāli.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura remarks that Purūravā was very lusty. Immediately after getting the Agnisthāli girl, he wanted to have sex with her, but during sexual intercourse he could understand that the girl was Agnisthāli, not Urvaśi. This indicates that every man attached to a particular woman knows the particular characteristics of that woman during sex life. Thus Purūravā understood during sexual intercourse that the Agnisthāli girl was not Urvaśi.
TEXT 43
श्यालीं न्यस्य वने गत्वा गृहानाध्यायतो निशि । 
    त्रेतायां संप्रवृत्तायां मनसि त्रय्यवर्तत ॥४३॥
sthālīm nyasya vane gatvā  
 gṛhān ādhyāyato niśi  
 tretāyām sampravṛttāyām  
 manasi trayy avartata
sthālīm —the woman Agnisthāli;  nyasya —immediately giving up;  vane —in the forest;  gatvā —on returning;  gṛhān —at home;  ādhyāyataḥ —began to meditate;  niśi —the whole night;  tretāyām —when the Tretā millennium;  sampravṛttāyām —was just on the point of beginning;  manasi —in his mind;  trayī —the principles of the three  Vedas ;  avartata —became revealed.