Text 19] King Purafijana Goes to the Forest to Hunt 1233
like a mendicant; bhuvi—on the ground; tat—her; sariga—by association;
unmathita—encouraged; jidnah—whose knowledge; vaiklavyam—bewilder-
ment; paramam—supreme; yayau—obtained.
TRANSLATION

The great sage Narada continued: My dear King Pracinabarhi, as soon
as King Purafijana saw his Queen lying on the ground, appearing like a
mendicant, he immediately became bewildered.

PURPORT

In this verse the word avadhutam is especially significant, for it refers
to a mendicant who does not take care of his body. Since the Queen was
lying on the ground without bedding and proper dress, King Purafijana
became very much aggrieved. In other words, he repented that he had
neglected his intelligence and had engaged himself in the forest in killing
animals. In other words, when one’s good intelligence is separated or
neglected, he fully engages in sinful activities. Due to neglecting one’s
good intelligence, or Krsna consciousness, one becomes bewildered and
engages in sinful activities. Upon realizing this, a man becomes repentant.
Such repentance is described by Narottama dasa Thakura: hari hari viphale
Janama gondinu/ manusya-janama pdiya, radha-krsna na bhajiya, janiya
Suniyd visa khainu. Narottama dasa Thakura herein says that he repents
for having spoiled his human life and knowingly drunk poison. By not
being Krsna conscious, one willingly drinks the poison of material life.
The purport is that one certainly becomes addicted to sinful activities
when he becomes devoid of his good chaste wife, or when he has lost his
good sense and does not take to Krsna consciousness.

TEXT 19
AAT VET TP TA FAzAT |
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santvayan slaksnaya vaca
hrdayena vidiiyata
preyasyah sneha-sararambha-
lingam atmani nabhyagat

santvayan—pacifying; slaksnaya—by sweet; vaca— words; hrdayena—with

a heart; vidiyata—regretting very much; preyasyah—of his beloved; sneha—
