1304 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 28

lokantaram gatavati
mayy anatha kutumbinit
vartisyate katham tv esa
balakan anusocati

loka-antaram—into a different life; gatavati mayi—when I am gone;
anatha—bereft of husband; kutumbini—surrounded by all family members;
vartisyate—will exist; katham—how; tu—then; esa—this woman; balakan—
children; anusocati—lamenting about.

TRANSLATION

King Purafijana was anxiously thinking, “Alas, my wife is encumbered
by so many children. When I pass from this body, how will she be able to
maintain all these family members? Alas, she will be greatly harassed by
thoughts of family maintenance.”

PURPORT

All these thoughts of one’s wife indicate that the King was overly
engrossed with the thoughts of woman. Generally a chaste woman becomes
a very obedient wife. This causes a husband to become attached to his wife,
and consequently he thinks of his wife very much at the time of death.
This is a very dangerous situation, as is evident from the life of King
Puranijana. If one thinks of his wife instead of Krsna at the time of death,
he will certainly not return home, back to Godhead, but will be forced to
accept the body of a woman and thus begin another chapter of material
existence.

TEXT 19

qT AERA TE AAs Ala ATT |
aft ee geen afead TAIT II? Il

na mayy andsite bhurnkte
nasnate snati mat-para

mayiruste susantrasta
bhartsite yata-vag bhayat

na—never; mayi—when |; anasite—had not eaten; bhuikte—she would
eat; na—never; asnate—had not taken bath; snati—she would take her bath;
mat-para—always devoted to me; mayi—when I; ruste—was angry; su-
