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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.2.22

ఆగ్నీధ్రో రాజాతృప్త: కామానామప్సరసమేవానుదినమధిమన్యమానస్తస్యా: సలోకతాం శ్రుతిభిరవారున్ధ యత్ర పితరో మాదయన్తే ॥ ౨౨ ॥
āgnīdhro rājātṛptaḥ kāmānām apsarasam evānudinam adhi-manyamānas tasyāḥ salokatāṁ śrutibhir avārundha yatra pitaro mādayante.
[aagneedhro raajaatriptah kaamaanaam apsarasam evaanudinam adhi-manyamaanas tasyaah salokataam shrutibhir avaarundha yatra pitaro maadayante.]
āgnīdhraḥ — Āgnīdhra rājā — the King atṛptaḥ — not satisfied kāmānām — with sense gratification apsarasam — the celestial woman (Pūrvacitti) eva — certainly anudinam — day after day adhi — exceedingly manyamānaḥ — thinking of tasyāḥ — of her sa-lokatām — promotion to the same planet śrutibhiḥ — by the Vedas avārundha — got yatra — where pitaraḥ — the forefathers mādayante — take pleasure.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āgnīdhro rājātṛptaḥ kāmānām apsarasam evānudinam adhi-manyamānas tasyāḥ salokatāṁ śrutibhir avārundha yatra pitaro mādayante.
āgnīdhraḥ
Āgnīdhra
rājā
the King
atṛptaḥ
not satisfied
kāmānām
with sense gratification
apsarasam
the celestial woman (Pūrvacitti)
eva
certainly
anudinam
day after day
adhi
exceedingly
manyamānaḥ
thinking of
tasyāḥ
of her
sa-lokatām
promotion to the same planet
śrutibhiḥ
by the Vedas
avārundha
got
yatra
where
pitaraḥ
the forefathers
mādayante
take pleasure.
After Pūrvacitti’s departure, King Āgnīdhra, his lusty desires not at all satisfied, always thought of her. Therefore, in accordance with the Vedic injunctions, the King, after his death, was promoted to the same planet as his celestial wife. That planet, which is called Pitṛloka, is where the pitās, the forefathers, live in great delight.

If one always thinks of something, he certainly gets a related body after death. Mahārāja Āgnīdhra was always thinking of Pitṛloka, the place where his wife had returned. Therefore after his death he achieved that same planet, probably to live with her again. Bhagavad-gītā also says:

yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” ( Bg. 8.6 ) We can naturally conclude that if we always think of Kṛṣṇa or become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, we can be promoted to the planet of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Kṛṣṇa eternally lives.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
By actions in accordance with the Vedic injunctions, King Āgnīdhra, always thinking of her with great desire, was promoted to the same planet as his celestial wife, where the Pitṛs live in great delight. He thought of her with great desire (kāmānām). By performing actions according to the Vedas (śrutibhiḥ), he attains her planet, where the Pitrṣ enjoy (mādayante)
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