Text 24] King Purafijana Goes to the Forest to Hunt 1239

night she simply passed stool, and she preserved that stool in a pot. The
next night, when the man came to see her, she appeared very ugly and
emaciated. When the man inquired from her about the woman with whom
he had an engagement, she replied, “I am that very woman.” The man
refused to believe her, not knowing that she had lost all her beauty due to
the violent purgative that caused her to pass stool day and night. When the
man began to argue with her, the woman said that she was not looking
beautiful because she was separated from the ingredients of her beauty.
When the man asked how she could be so separated, the woman said,
“Come on, and I will show you.” She then showed him the pot filled with
liquid stool and vomit. Thus the man became aware that a beautiful woman
is simply a lump of matter composed of blood, stool, urine and similar
other disgusting ingredients. This is the actual fact, but in a state of illusion,
man becomes attracted by illusory beauty and becomes a victim of maya.

King Purafijana begged his Queen to return to her original beauty. He
tried to revive her just as a living entity tries to revive his original conscious-
ness, Krsna consciousness, whichis very beautiful. All the beautiful features
of the Queen could be compared to the beautiful features of Krsna con-
sciousness. When one returns to his original Krsna consciousness, he actually
becomes steady, and his life becomes successful.

TEXT 24

aera sae wa atte
TST TREKS |
we a aeeragied Faren-
aa F aehesifeaea grag UII

tasmin dadhe damam ahaim tava vira-patni
yo ’nyatra bhisura-kulat krta-kilbisas tam

pasye na vita-bhayam unmuditam tri-lokyam
anyatra vai mura-ripor itaratra dasat

tasmin—unto him; dadhe—shall give; damam—punishment; aham—I;
tava—to you; vira-patni-O wife of the hero; yah—one who; anyatra—
besides; bhii-sura-kulat—from the group of demigods on this earth, (the
brahmanas); krta—done; kilbisah—offense; tam—him; pasye—I see; na—not;
vita—without; bhayam—fear; unmuditam—without anxiety; tri-lokyam—
within the three worlds; anyatra—elsewhere; vai—certainly ; mura-ripoh—of
