पुरूरवस एवासीत् त्रयी त्रेतामुखे नृप । अग्निना प्रजया राजा लोकं गान्धर्वमेयिवान् ॥ ४९ ॥
pururavasa evasit trayi treta-mukhe nrpa agnina prajaya raja lokam gandharvam eyivan
- pururavasah
- from King Pururava
- eva
- thus
- asit
- there was
- trayi
- the Vedic principles of karma, jnana and upasana
- treta-mukhe
- in the beginning of the Treta-yuga
- nrpa
- O King Pariksit
- agnina
- simply by generating the fire of sacrifice
- prajaya
- by his son
- raja
- King Pururava
- lokam
- to the plane
- gandharvam
- of the Gandharvas
- eyivan
- achieved.
O Maharaja Pariksit, at the beginning of Treta-yuga, King Pururava inaugurated a karma-kanda sacrifice. Thus Pururava, who considered the yajnic fire his son, was able to go to Gandharvaloka as he desired.