Text 85]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1479
talk of Kṛṣṇa, think of Kṛṣṇa, and preach for Kṛṣṇa, the more we become purified. This means we no longer have to accept a hallucinatory gross and subtle body but instead attain our spiritual identity. One who tries to understand this instructive spiritual knowledge is delivered from this ocean of nescience. The word  pārameṣṭhyam  is very significant in this connection.  Pārameṣṭhyam  is also called Brahmaloka; it is the planet on which Lord Brahmā lives. The inhabitants of Brahmaloka always discuss such narrations so that after the annihilation of the material world, they can be directly transferred to the spiritual world. One who is transferred to the spiritual world does not have to go up and down within this material world. Sometimes spiritual activities are also called  pārameṣṭhyam .
TEXT 85
अथात्मपारोऽयमिदं मयाचिगतमद्भुतम् । एवं स्त्रियाऽऽश्रमः पुंसक्तिष्ठन्नोऽमुत्र च संशयः॥८५॥
adhyātma-pārokṣyam idam mayādhigatam adbhutam evam striyā 'śramaḥ pumśaś chinno 'mutra ca samśayaḥ
adhyātma —spiritual;  pārokṣyam —described by authority;  idam —this;  mayā —by me;  adhigatam —heard;  adbhutam —wonderful;  evam —thus;  striyā —with a wife;  āśramaḥ —shelter;  pumśaḥ —of the living entity;  chinnaḥ —finished;  amutra —about life after death;  ca —also;  samśayaḥ —doubt.
TRANSLATION
The allegory of King Purañjana, described herein according to authority, was heard by me from my spiritual master, and it is full of spiritual knowledge. If one can understand the purport of this allegory, he will certainly be relieved from the bodily conception and will clearly understand life after death. Although one may not understand what transmigration of the soul actually is, one can fully understand it by studying this narration.
PURPORT
The word  striyā , meaning “along with the wife,” is significant. The male and female living together constitute the sum and substance of material