SB 9.14.44, SB 9.14.45, SB 9.14.44-45
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TEXT
स्थालीस्थानं गतो ऽश्वत्थं शमीगर्भं विलक्ष्य सः ।
तेन द्वे अरणी कृत्वा उर्वशीलोककाम्यया । उर्वशीं मन्त्रतो ध्यायन्न् अधरारणिमुत्तराम् । आत्मानमुभयोर्मध्ये यत्तत्प्रजननं प्रभुः ॥ ४५ ॥ sthali-sthanam gato 'svattham
sami-garbham vilaksya saḥ
tena dve arani krtva
urvasi-loka-kamyaya
urvasim mantrato dhyayann
adhararanim uttaram
atmanam ubhayor madhye
yat tat prajananam prabhuḥ
sthali-sthanam-the place where Agnisthali was left; gataḥ-going there; asvattham-an asvattha tree; sami-garbham-produced from the womb of the sami tree; vilaksya-seeing; saḥ-he, Purūrava; tena-from that; dve-two; arani-pieces of wood required for igniting a fire for sacrifice; krtva-making; urvasi-loka-kamyaya-desiring to go to the planet where Urvasi was present; urvasim-Urvasi; mantrataḥ-by chanting the required mantra; dhyayan-meditating upon; adhara-lower; aranim-arani wood; uttaram-and the upper one; atmanam-himself; ubhayoḥ madhye-in between the two; yat tat-that which (he meditated upon); prajananam-as a son; prabhuḥ-the King.
TRANSLATION
When the process of fruitive yajna became manifest within his heart, King Purūrava went to the same spot where he had left Agnisthali. There he saw that from the womb of a sami tree, an asvattha tree had grown. He then took a piece of wood from that tree and made it into two aranis. Desiring to go to the planet where Urvasi resided, he chanted mantras, meditating upon the lower arani as Urvasi, the upper one as himself, and the piece of wood between them as his son. In this way he began to ignite a fire.
PURPORT
The Vedic fire for performing yajna was not ignited with ordinary matches or similar devices. Rather, the Vedic sacrificial fire was ignited by the aranis, or two sacred pieces of wood, which produced fire by friction with a third. Such a fire is necessary for the performance of yajna. If successful, a yajna will fulfill the desire of its performer. Thus Purūrava took advantage of the process of yajna to fulfill his lusty desires. He 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 sami-garbhad agnim mantha. A similar mantra is urvasyam urasi purūravaḥ. Purūrava 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 yajna he thought of Urvasi, instead of thinking of the master of yajna, Yajnesvara, Lord Visnu.
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