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Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
1295
TEXT 9
कामानभिलषन्दीनो यातयामांश्च कन्यया ।  
 विगतात्स्मगतिस्नेहः पुत्रदारांश्च लालयन् ॥ ९ ॥
kāmān abhilaṣan dīno 
    yāta-yāmāṁś ca kanyayā 
    vigatātma-gati-snehaḥ 
    putra-dārāṁś ca lālayan
kāmān —objects of enjoyment;  abhilaṣan —always lusting after;  dīnaḥ —the poor man;  yāta-yāmān —stale;  ca —also;  kanyayā —by the influence of Kālakanyā;  vigata —lost;  ātma-gati —real purpose of life;  snehaḥ —attachment to;  putra —sons;  dārān —wife;  ca —and;  lālayan —affectionately maintaining.
TRANSLATION
The objects of enjoyment became stale by the influence of Kālakanyā. Due to the continuance of his lusty desires, King Purañjana became very poor in everything. Thus he did not understand the aim of life. He was still very affectionate toward his wife and children, and he worried about maintaining them.
PURPORT
This is exactly the position of present civilization. Everyone is engaged in maintaining the body, home and family. Consequently everyone becomes confused at the end of life, not knowing what spiritual life and the goal of human life are. In a civilization of sense gratification, there cannot be spiritual life because a person only thinks of this life. Although the next life is a fact, no information is given about it.
TEXT 10
गन्धर्वयवनाकान्तां कालकन्योपपदिताम् ।  
 हातुं प्रचक्रमे राजा तां पुरीमनिकामतः ॥ १० ॥
gandharva-yavanākrāntāṁ 
    kāla-kanyopamarditām 
    hātuṁ pracakrame rājā 
    tāṁ purīm anikāmataḥ