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King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
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“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
The body is just like a dress, and here this is proved. Sudyumna and his associates were all male, which means that their souls were covered by male dress, but now they became female, which means that their dress was changed. The soul, however, remains the same. It is said that by modern medical treatment a male can be transformed into a female, and a female into a male. The body, however, has no connection with the soul. The body can be changed, either in this life or the next. Therefore, one who has knowledge of the soul and how the soul transmigrates from one body to another does not pay attention to the body, which is nothing but a covering dress.  Paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ . Such a person sees the soul, which is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Therefore he is a  sama-darśī , a learned person.
TEXT 34
अथ तामाश्रमाभ्याशे चरन्तीं प्रमदोत्तमाम् ।
स्त्रीभिः परिवृतां वीक्ष्य चक्रमे भगवान् बुधः ॥३४॥
atha tām āśramābhyāśe carantīm pramadottamām strībhiḥ parivṛtām vīkṣya cakame bhagavān budhaḥ
atha —in this way;  tām —her;  āśrama-abhyāśe —in the neighborhood of his  āśrama ;  carantīm —loitering;  pramadā-uttamām —the best of beautiful women who excite sex;  strībhiḥ —by other women;  parivṛtām —surrounded;  vīkṣya —seeing her;  cakame —desired sex;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  budhaḥ —Budha, the son of the moon and predominating deity of the planet known as Budha, or Mercury.
TRANSLATION
Sudyumna had been transformed into the best of beautiful women who excite sexual desire and was surrounded by other women. Upon seeing this beautiful woman loitering near his  āśrama , Budha, the son of the moon, immediately desired to enjoy her.