206 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 14
thought of the lower arani as Urvasi, the upper one as himself, and the
middle one as his son. A relevant Vedic mantra quoted herein by
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura is §ami-garbhdd agnim mantha. A simi-
lar mantra is urvasydm urasi puriravah. Purirava wanted to have
children continuously by the womb of Urvasi. His only ambition was to
have sex life with Urvasi and thereby get a son. In other words, he had so
much lust in his heart that even while performing yajfa he thought of
Urvasi, instead of thinking of the master of yajfa, Yajiiesvara, Lord
Visnu.
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TY fara TTAAAT FTA: |
T= AAT TIN Fares BleTa ITT 19S
tasya nirmanthandj jato
Jata-veda vibhavasuh
trayyd sa vidyaya rajna
putratve kalpitas tri-vrt
tasya—of Purirava; nirmanthandt—because of interaction; jatah—
was born; jdta-vedah—meant for material enjoyment according to the
Vedic principles; vibhdvasuh—a fire; trayya—following the Vedic prin-
ciples; sah—the fire; vidyaya—by such a process; raja —by the King;
putratve—a son’s being born; kalpitah—it so became; tri-vrt—the three
letters a-u-m combined together as ori.
TRANSLATION
From Purirava’s rubbing of the aranis came a fire. By such a
fire one can achieve all success in material enjoyment and be
purified in seminal birth, initiation and in the performance of
sacrifice, which are invoked with the combined letters a-u-m. Thus
the fire was considered the son of King Purirava.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic process, one can get a son through semen
(Sukra), one can get a bona fide disciple through initiation (sdvitra), or
