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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.14.46

तस्य निर्मन्थनाज्जातो जातवेदा विभावसु: । त्रय्या स विद्यया राज्ञा पुत्रत्वे कल्पितस्त्रिवृत् ॥ ४६ ॥
tasya nirmanthanāj jāto
[tasya nirmanthanaaj jaato]
jāta-vedā vibhāvasuḥ
[jaata-vedaa vibhaavasuh]
trayyā sa vidyayā rājñā
[trayyaa sa vidyayaa raajnaa]
putratve kalpitas tri-vṛt
[putratve kalpitas tri-vrit]
Word-for-word
tasya — of Purūravā nirmanthanāt — because of interaction jātaḥ — was born jāta-vedāḥ — meant for material enjoyment according to the Vedic principles vibhāvasuḥ — a fire trayyā — following the Vedic principles saḥ — the fire vidyayā — by such a process rājñā — by the King putratve — a son’s being born kalpitaḥ — it so became tri-vṛt — the three letters a-u-m combined together as om..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasya nirmanthanāj jāto
tasya
of Purūravā
nirmanthanāt
because of interaction
jātaḥ
was born
jāta-vedā vibhāvasuḥ
jāta-vedāḥ
meant for material enjoyment according to the Vedic principles
vibhāvasuḥ
a fire
trayyā sa vidyayā rājñā
trayyā
following the Vedic principles
saḥ
the fire
vidyayā
by such a process
rājñā
by the King
putratve kalpitas tri-vṛt
putratve
a son’s being born
kalpitaḥ
it so became
tri-vṛt
the three letters a-u-m combined together as om..
From Purūravā’s rubbing of the araṇis 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 Purūravā.
Purport

According to the Vedic process, one can get a son through semen ( śukra ), one can get a bona fide disciple through initiation ( sāvitra ), or one can get a son or disciple through the fire of sacrifice ( yajña ). Thus when Mahārāja Purūravā generated the fire by rubbing the araṇis, the fire became his son. Either by semen, by initiation or by yajña one may get a son. The Vedic mantra oṁkāra, or praṇava, consisting of the letters a-u-m, can call each of these three methods into existence. Therefore the words nirmanthanāj jātaḥ indicate that by the rubbing of the araṇis a son was born.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From Purūravā's rubbing of the sticks came a fire. By such a fire one can achieve enjoyable objects. Purified by the knowledge of the three Vedas, the fire was considered the son for the King and took three forms. From rubbing the sticks together he produced the fire, which then produced enjoyable objects (dhanam). The fire was purified by the knowledge of the three Vedas, and was thought of as a son for the King, since it allowed him to go to Svarga. Trivṛt means the fire in three forms: āhavanīya, gārhapātya and dakṣiṇāgni.
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Personal Guidance
The fire produced from those rubbings becomes a kind of son to Purūravā — fire-born offspring through yajṣa is recognized alongside seminal and initiated sons. Spiritual fatherhood through sacred work is just as real as biological.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose spiritual father or mother am I positioned to become through service and sacrifice?
  • Where am I limiting my generativity to biology when fire-and-yajṣa parenthood is also available?
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