Text 10] The Characteristics of King Purafijana 1145

TEXT 10

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dsit puranijano nama

tasyavijnata-namasit
sakhavijnata-cestitah
dsit— there was; purafijanah—Purafijana; naéma—named; raja—king; rajan—
O King; brhat-sravah—whose activities were great; tasya—his; avijfidta—the
unknown one;nama— of the name; dsit—there was; sakha— friend; avijfidta—
unknown; cestitak— whose activities.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, once in the past lived a king named Puranjana, who was
celebrated for his great activities. He had a friend named Avijnata [the
unknown one]. No one could understand the activities of Avijnata.

PURPORT

Every living entity is purafjana. The word puram means within this
body, within this form, and jana means living entity. Thus everyone is
puranjana. Every living entity is supposed to be the king of his body
because the living entity is given full freedom to use his body as he likes.
He usually engages his body for sense gratification, because one who is in
the bodily conception of life feels that the ultimate goal of life is to serve
the senses. This is the process of karma-kanda. One who has no inner knowl-
edge, who does not know that he is actually the spirit soul living within
the body, who is simply enamored by the dictation of the senses, is called
a materialist. A materialistic person interested in sense gratification can be
called a puramijana. Because such a materialistic person utilizes his senses
according to his whims, he may also be called a king. An irresponsible king
takes the royal position to be his personal property and misuses his treasury
for sense gratification.

The word brhac-chravah is also significant. The word sravah means fame.
The living entity is famous from ancient times, for, as stated in Bhagavad-
gita, na jayate mriyate va (Bg. 2.20). “The living entity is never born and
never dies.”’ Because he is eternal, his activities are eternal, although they
are performed in different types of bodies. Na hanyate hanyamane Sarire
