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The Characteristics of King Purañjana
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It is said in the  Prema-vivarta  that when a living entity wants to enjoy material nature, he is immediately victimized by the material energy. A living entity is not forced to come into the material world. He makes his own choice, being attracted by beautiful women. Every living entity has the freedom to be attracted by material nature or to stand as a hero and resist that attraction. It is simply a question of the living entity's being attracted or not being attracted. There is no question of his being forced to come into contact with material energy. One who can keep himself steady and resist the attraction of material nature is certainly a hero and deserves to be called a  gosvāmī . Unless one is master of the senses, he cannot become a  gosvāmī . The living entity can take one of two positions in this world. He may become a servant of his senses or he may become master of them. By becoming a servant of the senses, one becomes a great material hero, and by becoming master of the senses, he becomes a  gosvāmī , or spiritual hero.
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का त्वं कञ्जपलाशाक्षि कस्यासीह कुतः सति । 
    श्मामुप पुरीं भीरु किं चिकीर्षसि शंस मे ॥२६॥
kā tvam kañja-palāśākṣi 
    kasyāsīha kutaḥ sati 
    imām upa purīm bhīru 
    kim cikīrṣasi śamsa me
kā —who;  tvam —you;  kañja-palāśa —like the petals of the lotus;  akṣi —eyes;  kasya —whose;  asi —you are;  iha —here;  kutaḥ —wherefrom;  sati —O chaste one;  imām —this;  upa —near;  purīm —city;  bhīru —O timid one;  kim —what;  cikīrṣasi —you are trying to do;  śamsa —kindly explain;  me —unto me.
TRANSLATION
My dear lotus-eyed, kindly explain to me where you are coming from, who you are, and whose daughter you are. You appear very chaste. What is the purpose of your coming here? What are you trying to do? Please explain all these things to me.
PURPORT
The first aphorism in the  Vedānta-sūtra  is  athāto brahma-jijñāsā . In the human form of life one should put many questions to himself and to his intelligence. In the various forms of life lower than human life the intelli-