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The Characteristics of King Purañjana
1153
in our society in the Western countries. One who takes advantage of it becomes more and more enlightened in spiritual life. At the present moment, India may be compared to the lame man and the Western countries to the blind man. For the past two thousand years India has been subjugated to the rule of foreigners, and the legs of progress have been broken. In the Western countries the eyes of the people have become blind due to the dazzling glitter of material opulence. The blind man of the Western countries and the lame man of India should combine together in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Then the lame man of India can walk with the help of the Westerner, and the blind Westerner can see with the help of the lame man. In short, the material advancement of the Western countries and the spiritual assets of India should combine for the elevation of all human society.
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प्राकारोपवनाश्रुपरिवैरक्षतोरणैः । स्वर्णरौप्यायसैः शृङ्गैः संकुलां सर्वतो गृहैः ॥१४॥
prākāropavanāṭṭāla- parikhair akṣa-toraṇaiḥ svarṇa-raupyāyasaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ saṅkulām sarvato gṛhaiḥ
prākāra—walls; upavana—parks; aṭṭāla—towers; parikhaiḥ—with trenches; akṣa—windows; toraṇaiḥ—with gates; svarṇa—gold; raupya—silver; ayasaiḥ—made of iron; śṛṅgaiḥ—with domes; saṅkulām—congested; sarvataḥ—everywhere; gṛhaiḥ—with houses.
TRANSLATION
That city was surrounded by walls and parks, and within it were towers, canals, windows and outlets. The houses there were decorated with domes made of gold, silver and iron.
PURPORT
The body is protected by walls of skin. The hairs on the body are compared to parks, and the highest parts of the body, like the nose and head, are compared to towers. The wrinkles and depressions on different parts of the body are compared to trenches or canals, the eyes are compared to