# SB 9.14.49 ## Text > purūravasa evāsīt > trayī tretā-mukhe nṛpa > agninā prajayā rājā > lokaṁ gāndharvam eyivān ## Synonyms *purūravasaḥ*—from King Purūravā; *eva*—thus; *āsīt*—there was; *trayī*—the Vedic principles of *karma, jñāna* and *upāsanā*; *tretā*-*mukhe*—in the beginning of the Tretā-yuga; *nṛpa*—O King Parīkṣit; *agninā*—simply by generating the fire of sacrifice; *prajayā*—by his son; *rājā*—King Purūravā; *lokam*—to the planet; *gāndharvam*—of the Gandharvas; *eyivān*—achieved. ## Translation **O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, at the beginning of Tretā-yuga, King Purūravā inaugurated a karma-kāṇḍa sacrifice. Thus Purūravā, who considered the yajñic fire his son, was able to go to Gandharvaloka as he desired.** ## Purport In Satya-yuga, Lord Nārāyaṇa was worshiped by meditation (*kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇum*). Indeed, everyone always meditated upon Lord Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, and achieved every success by this process of meditation. In the next *yuga,* Tretā-yuga, the performance of *yajña* began (*tretāyāṁ yajato mukhaiḥ*). Therefore this verse says, *trayī tretā-mukhe.* Ritualistic ceremonies are generally called fruitive activities. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that in Tretā-yuga, beginning in the Svāyambhuva-manvantara, ritualistic fruitive activities were similarly manifested from Priyavrata, etc. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Fourteenth Chapter, of the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* entitled "King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśī."