CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Purarijana Becomes a Woman
in the Next Life

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WARTS Te TATA II 8 I

narada uvaca
sainika bhaya-namno ye
barhisman dista-karinah
prajvara-kala-kanyabhyam
vicerur avanim imam

naradah uvaca—the great sage Narada continued to speak; sainikah—the
soldiers; bhaya-ndmnah—of Bhaya (fearfulness); ye—all of them who;
barhisman—O King Pracinabarhisat; dista-kdrinah—the order carriers of
death; prajvara—with Prajvara; kala-kanyabhyam—and with Kalakanya;
viceruh—traveled; avanim—on earth; imam— this.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Narada continued: My dear King Pracinabarhisat, after-
wards, the King of the Yavanas, whose name is fear itself, as well as his
soldiers, Prajvara and Kalakanya, began to travel all over the world.

PURPORT

The period of life just prior to death is certainly very dangerous because
usually at this time people are attacked by the weakness of old age as well
as many kinds of disease. The diseases that attack the body are compared
here to soldiers. These soldiers are not ordinary soldiers, for they are

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