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Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of Purañjana
1269
creating various types of facilities, he chews the chewed. Whether we squeeze sugar out of the sugar cane with our teeth or a machine, the result is the same—sugar cane juice. We may discover many ways to squeeze the juice out of the sugar cane, but the result is the same.
TEXT 15
ते चण्डवेगानुचराः पुरञ्जनपुरं यदा । हर्तुमारेभिरे तत्र प्रत्यषेधत्प्रजागरः ॥१५॥
te caṇḍa-vegānucarāḥ purañjana-puraṁ yadā hartum ārebhire tatra pratyaṣedhat prajāgaraḥ
te —all of them;  caṇḍa-vega —of Caṇḍavega;  anucarāḥ —followers;  purañjana —of King Purañjana;  puram —city;  yadā —when;  hartum —to plunder;  ārebhire —began;  tatra —there;  pratyaṣedhat —defended;  prajāgaraḥ —the big serpent.
TRANSLATION
When King Gandharva-rāja [Caṇḍavega] and his followers began to plunder the city of Purañjana, a snake with five hoods began to defend the city.
PURPORT
When one is sleeping, the life air remains active in different dreams. The five hoods of the snake indicate that the life air is surrounded by five kinds of air known as  prāṇa ,  apāna ,  vyāna ,  udāna  and  samāna . When the body is inactive, the  prāṇa , or the life air, is active. Up to the age of fifty one can actively work for sense gratification, but after the fiftieth year one's energy decreases, although one can with great strain work for two or three more years—perhaps up to the fifty-fifth year. Thus the fifty-fifth year is generally taken by government regulations as the final year for retirement. The energy, which is fatigued after fifty years, is figuratively described herein as a serpent with five hoods.
TEXT 16
स सप्तभिः शतैरेको विंशत्या च शतं समाः । पुरञ्जनपुराध्यक्षो गन्धर्वैर्युयुधे बली ॥१६॥