Text 22] Attack by Candavega on the City of Puranjana 1275

TEXT 21

FAUAGTATA TT AASHA TAT |
aa seat at a stadt arated 22

kadacid atamana sa
brahma-lokan mahim gatam

vavre brhad-vratam mam tu
janati kama-mohita

kadacit—once upon a time; atamana—traveling; sa—she; brahma-lokat—
from the Brahmaloka, the highest planet; mahim—on the earth; gatam—
having come; vavre—she proposed; brhat-vratam—avowed brahmacari; mam
—unto me; tu—then; janati~knowing; kdma-mohita—being illusioned by lust.

TRANSLATION

When I once came to this earth from Brahmaloka, the highest planetary
system, the daughter of Time, wandering over the universe, met me.
Knowing me to be an avowed brahmacari, she became lusty and proposed
that I accept her.

PURPORT

The great sage Narada Muni was a naisthika-brahmacari—that is, he
never had sex life. He was consequently an ever-green youth. Old age,
Jara, could not attack him. The invalidity of old age can overcome an
ordinary man, but Narada Muni was different. Taking Narada Muni to be
an ordinary man, the daughter of Time confronted him with her lusty
desire. It requires great strength to resist a woman’s attraction. It is
difficult for old men, and what to speak of young. Those who live as
brahmacaris must follow in the footsteps of the great sage Narada Muni,
who never accepted the proposals of jara. Those who are too much
sexually addicted become victims of jara, and very soon their life span is
shortened. Without utilizing the human form of life for Krsna conscious-
ness the victims of jara die very soon in this world.

TEXT 22
aft dea Rosa FAR |
eran aaa aarafagat wa RRM!
