Text 45] The Characteristics of King Purafijana 1187
TRANSLATION

Many professional singers used to sing about the glories of King Purafijana
and his glorious activities. When it was too hot in the summer, he used to
enter a reservoir of water. He would surround himself with many women
and enjoy their company.

PURPORT

A living being has different activities in different stages of life. One stage
is called jagrat, or the life of awakening, and another is called svapna, or
the life of dream. Another stage is called susupti, or life in an unconscious
state, and still another stage occurs after death. In the previous verse the
life of awakening was described; that is, the man and the woman were
married and enjoyed life for one hundred years. In this verse life in the
dream state is described, for the activities Purafjana accomplished during
the day were also reflected at night in the dream state. Puranjana used to
live with his wife for sense enjoyment, and at night this very sense enjoy-
ment was appreciated in different ways. A man sleeps very soundly when
he is greatly fatigued, and when a rich man is greatly fatigued he goes to
his garden house with many female friends and there enters the water and
enjoys their company. Such is the tendency of the living entity within this
material world. A living entity is never satisfied with a woman unless he is
trained in the system of brahmacarya. Generally a man’s tendency is to
enjoy many women, and even at the very end of life the sex impulse is so
strong that even though one is very old he still wants to enjoy the company
of young girls. Thus because of the strong sex impulse the living entity
becomes more and more involved in this material world.

TEXT 45
AAI HA sk: TAeNe F I: |
Tiare Tat a BMA lel!
saptopari krta dvarah
puras tasyas tu dve adhah
prthag-visaya-gaty-artham
tasyam yah kascanesvarah

sapta—seven; upari—up; krtah—made; dvarah—gates; purah—of the city;
tasyah—that; tu—then; dve—two; adhah—down; prthak—different; visaya—
to places; gati-artham—for going; tasyam—in that city; yah—one who;
kascana— whoever ; isvarah—governor.
