### SB 4.29.2

> नारद उवाच\
> पुरुषं पुरञ्जनं विद्याद्यद्व्यनक्त्यात्मनः पुरम् ।\
> एकद्वित्रिचतुष्पादं बहुपादमपादकम् ॥२॥

> nārada uvāca\
> puruṣaṁ purañjanaṁ vidyād\
> yad vyanakty ātmanaḥ puram\
> eka-dvi-tri-catuṣ-pādaṁ\
> bahu-pādam apādakam

*nāradaḥ uvāca*—Nārada said; *puruṣam*—the living entity, the enjoyer; *purañjanam*—King Purañjana; *vidyāt*—one should know; *yat*—inasmuch as; *vyanakti*—he produces; *ātmanaḥ*—of himself; *puram*—dwelling place; *eka*—one; *dvi*—two; *tri*—three; *catuḥ-pādam*—with four legs; *bahu-pādam*—with many legs; *apādakam*—without legs.

**The great sage Nārada Muni continued: You must understand that Purañjana, the living entity, transmigrates according to his own work into different types of bodies, which may be one-legged, two-legged, three-legged, four-legged, many-legged or simply legless. Transmigrating into these various types of bodies, the living entity, as the so-called enjoyer, is known as Purañjana.**

How the spirit soul transmigrates from one type of body to another is nicely described here. The word eka-pāda, one-legged, refers to ghosts, for it is said that ghosts walk on one leg. The word dvi-pāda, meaning biped, refers to human beings. When he is old and invalid, the human being is supposed to be a triped, or three-legged, because he walks with the help of a stick or some kind of cane. Of course, the word catuṣ-pāda refers to quadrupeds, or animals. The word bahu-pāda refers to those creatures who have more than four legs. There are many insects, such as the centipede, and also many aquatic animals that have many legs. The word apādaka, meaning without legs, refers to serpents. The name Purañjana indicates one who enjoys possessing different types of bodies. His mentality for enjoyment in the material world is accommodated by different types of bodies.

Factually all of material existence is only a dream. Thus there is no question of past, present or future. Persons who are addicted to karma-kāṇḍa-vicāra, which means "working for future happiness through fruitive activities," are also dreaming. Similarly, past happiness and present happiness are merely dreams. The actual reality is Kṛṣṇa and service to Kṛṣṇa, which can save us from the clutches of māyā, for the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (Bg. 7.14), mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: "Those who surrender unto Me can easily cross beyond My illusory energy."

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi."