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decided to attack such foolish people imperceptibly by old age, disease,
and ultimately death. Of course, after death there must be birth; therefore
Yavana-raja thought it wise to kill all the karmis through the agency of
Kalakanya and thus try to make them aware that materialistic advancement
is not actually advancement. Every living entity is a spiritual being, and
consequently without spiritual advancement the human form of life is
ruined.

TEXT 30

SeaMsa Aa Brat 3A Ait ae |
AUDA RAMA RTH APTA THs 13 0

prajvaro *yarm mama bhrata
tvam ca me bhagini bhava

caramy ubhabhyam loke ’sminn
avyakto bhima-sainikah

prajvarah—named Prajvara; ayam—this; mama—my; bhrata—brother;
tvam—you; ca—also; me—my; bhagini—sister; bhava—become; carami—I shall
go about; ubhabhyam—by both of you; loke—in the world; asmin—this;
avyaktah—without being manifest; bhima—dangerous; sainikah—with
soldiers.

TRANSLATION

The King of the Yavanas continued: Here is my brother Prajvara. I now
accept you as my sister. I shall employ both of you, as well as my dangerous
soldiers, to act imperceptibly within this world.

PURPORT

Kalakanya was sent by Narada Muni to Yavana-raja so that she might
become his wife, but instead of accepting her as his wife, Yavana-raja
accepted her as his sister. Those who do not follow the Vedic principles
are unrestricted as far as sex life is concerned. Consequently they some-
times do not hesitate to have sex with their sisters. In this age of Kali there
are many instances of such incest. Although Yavana-raja accepted the
request of Narada Muni to show respect to him, he was nonetheless
thinking of illicit sex. This was due to his being the King of the yavanas
and mlecchas.

The word prajvarah is very significant, for it means “the fever sent by
Lord Visnu.” Such a fever is always set at 107 degrees, the temperature
