Text 3] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1289

due to sense gratification. When death finally comes, one leaves the body
devoid of spiritual assets. At the present time, even the oldest man in the
family does not leave home, being attracted by wife, children, money,
opulence, dwelling, etc. Thus at the end of life one worries about how his
wife will be protected and how she will manage the great family responsi-
bilities. In this way a man usually thinks of his wife before death. Accord-
ing to Bhagavad-gita:
yam yam vapi smaran bhavam
tyajaty ante kalevaram
tam tam evaiti kaunteya
sada tad-bhava-bhavitah

“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that
state he will attain without fail.” (Bg. 8.6)

At the end of life, a person thinks of what he has done throughout his
whole life; thus he gets another body (dehantara) according to his thoughts
and desires at the end of life. One overly addicted to life at home naturally
thinks of his beloved wife at the end of life. Consequently in the next life
he gets the body of a woman, and he also acquires the results of his pious
or impious activities. In this chapter the acceptance of a woman’s body by
King Puranjana will be thoroughly explained.

TEXT 3

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kala-kanyapi bubhuje
puranjana-puram balat

yayabhibhiitah purusah
sadyo nihsaratam iyat

kala-kanya—the daughter of Kala; api—also; bubhuje—took possession
of; purafijana-puram—the city of Puranjana; balat—by force; yaya—by
whom; abhibhiitah—being overwhelmed; purusah—a person; sadyah—im-
mediately; nihsaratam—uselessness; tyat— gets.

TRANSLATION

Gradually Kalakanya, with the help of dangerous soldiers, attacked all
the inhabitants of Purafijana’s city and thus rendered them useless for all

purposes.
