Text 47] King Purarava Enchanted by Urvasi 207
one can get a son or disciple through the fire of sacrifice (yajfia). Thus
when Maharaja Purtrava generated the fire by rubbing the aranis, the
fire became his son. Either by semen, by initiation or by yajria one may
get a son. The Vedic mantra ormkara, or pranava, consisting of the letters
a-u-m, can call each of these three methods into existence. Therefore the
words nirmanthandj jatah indicate that by the rubbing of the aranis a
son was born.
TEXT 47
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Taras ATT atyz lvl
tendyajata yajnesam
bhagavantam adhoksajam
urvasi-lokam anvicchan
sarva-devamayam harim

tena—by generating such a fire; ayajata—he worshiped;
yajna-isam—the master or enjoyer of the yajria; bhagavantam—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhoksajam—beyond the perception
of the senses; urvasi-lokam—to the planet where Urvasi was staying;
anvicchan—although desiring to go; sarva-deva-mayam—the reservoir
of all demigods; harim—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

By means of that fire, Purdrava, who desired to go to the planet
where Urvasi resided, performed a sacrifice, by which he satisfied
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, the enjoyer of the
results of sacrifice. Thus he worshiped the Lord, who is beyond
the perception of the senses and is the reservoir of all the
demigods.

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gita, bhoktadram yajria-tapasdm sarva-loka-
mahesvaram: any loka, or planet, to which one wants to go is the
property of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the enjoyer of the per-
formance of sacrifice. The purpose of yajfia is to satisfy the Supreme
