Text 20] Attack by Candavega on the City of Purafijana 1273

those who are too much materially addicted. Such philosophizing will not
save one from the danger of death, nor will it save one from an abominable
afterlife.

TEXT 19

HSA glen Hhataatat Tass |
ea A ae TIT KAA 12

kalasya duhita kacit
tri-lokim varam icchati

paryatanti na barhisman
pratyanandata kascana

kdlasya—of the formidable Time; duhita—the daughter; kacit—someone;
tri-lokim—within the three worlds; varam—husband; icchafi—desiring;
paryatanti—traveling all over the universe; na—never; barhisman—O King
Pracinabarhisat; pratyanandata—accepted her proposal; kascana—any one.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Pracinabarhisat, at this time the daughter of formidable
Time was seeking her husband throughout the three worlds. Although no
one agreed to accept her, she came.

PURPORT

In due course of time, when the body becomes old and practically invalid,
it is called jara, subject to the sufferings of old age. There are four basic
kinds of suffering—birth, old age, disease and death. No scientist or philoso-
pher has ever been able to make a solution of these four miserable
conditions. The invalidity of old age known as jara is figuratively explained
here as the daughter of Time. No one likes her, but she is very much anxious
to accept anyone as her husband. No one likes to become old and invalid,
but this is inevitable for everyone.

TEXT 20

SAAT Ste Fre TAA aT |
A TT UAT F TAT aq loll
