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The Characteristics of King Purañjana
1151
TEXT 13
स एकदा हिमवतो दक्षिणेष्वथ सानुषु । ददर्श नवमिद्रार्मिः पुरं लक्षितलक्षणाम् ॥१३॥
sa ekadā himavato dakṣiṇeṣv atha sānuṣu dadarśa navabhir dvārbhiḥ puraṁ lakṣita-lakṣaṇām
saḥ —that King Purañjana;  ekadā —once upon a time;  himavataḥ —of the Himalayan Mountains;  dakṣiṇeṣu —southern;  atha —after this;  sānuṣu —on the ridges;  dadarśa —found;  navabhiḥ —with nine;  dvārbhiḥ —gates;  puraṁ —a city;  lakṣita —visible;  lakṣaṇām —having all auspicious facilities.
TRANSLATION
Once while wandering in this way, he saw on the southern side of the Himalayas, in a place named Bhārata-varṣa [India], a city that had nine gates all about and was characterized by all auspicious facilities.
PURPORT
The tract of land south of the Himalayan Mountains is the land of India, which was known as Bhārata-varṣa. When a living entity takes birth in Bhārata-varṣa he is considered to be most fortunate. Indeed, Caitanya Mahāprabhu has stated:
bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra (Cc. Ādi 9.41)
Thus whoever takes birth in the land of Bhārata-varṣa attains all the facilities of life. He may take advantage of all these facilities for both material and spiritual advancement and thus make his life successful. After attaining the goal of life, one may distribute his knowledge and experience all over the world for humanitarian purposes. In other words, one who takes birth in the land of Bhārata-varṣa by virtue of his past pious activities gets full facility to develop the human form of life. In India, the climatic condition is such that one can live very peacefully without being disturbed by material conditions. Indeed, during the time of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira or Lord Rāmacandra, people were free from all anxieties. There was not