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Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
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due to sense gratification. When death finally comes, one leaves the body devoid of spiritual assets. At the present time, even the oldest man in the family does not leave home, being attracted by wife, children, money, opulence, dwelling, etc. Thus at the end of life one worries about how his wife will be protected and how she will manage the great family responsibilities. In this way a man usually thinks of his wife before death. According to  Bhagavad-gītā :
yam yam vāpi smaran bhāvam tyajaty ante kalevaram tam tam evaiti kaunteya sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.” (Bg. 8.6)
At the end of life, a person thinks of what he has done throughout his whole life; thus he gets another body ( dehāntara ) according to his thoughts and desires at the end of life. One overly addicted to life at home naturally thinks of his beloved wife at the end of life. Consequently in the next life he gets the body of a woman, and he also acquires the results of his pious or impious activities. In this chapter the acceptance of a woman’s body by King Purañjana will be thoroughly explained.
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कालकन्यापि बुभुजे पुरञ्जनपुरं बलात् । यथामिभूतः पुरुषः सद्यो निःसारतामियात् ॥ ३ ॥
kāla-kanyāpi bubhuje purañjana-puram balāt yayābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ sadyo niḥsāratām iyāt
kāla-kanyā —the daughter of Kāla;  api —also;  bubhuje —took possession of;  purañjana-puram —the city of Purañjana;  balāt —by force;  yayā —by whom;  abhibhūtaḥ —being overwhelmed;  puruṣaḥ —a person;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  niḥsāratām —uselessness;  iyāt —gets.
TRANSLATION
Gradually Kālakanyā, with the help of dangerous soldiers, attacked all the inhabitants of Purañjana’s city and thus rendered them useless for all purposes.