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he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is
never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual
freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.” (Bg. 6.2@-23)

Thus real happiness must be appreciated by one’s transcendental senses.
Unless one is purified, the transcendental senses are not manifest; therefore
to purify the senses one must take to Krsna consciousness and engage the
senses in the service of the Lord. Then there will be real happiness and
liberation.

It is stated in Bhagavad-gita:

Sariram yad avapnoti
yac capy utkramatisvarah
grhitvaitani samyati
vayur gandhan ivasayat
“The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions
of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas.” (Bg. 15.8)

If the wind passes over a garden of roses, it will carry the aroma of
roses, and if it passes over a filthy place, it will carry the stench of
obnoxious things. Similarly, King Purafjana, the living entity, now passes
the air of his life over his wife, a woman; therefore he has to accept the
body of a woman in his next life.

TEXT 21
wir creer Ser ata: |
afteard aft a firrare TTT IRR
katham nu daraka dina
darakir vaparayanah
vartisyante mayi gate
bhinna-nava ivodadhau

katham—how; nu—indeed; darakah—sons; dinah—poor; darakih—
daughters; vi— or; aparayanah—having no one else to depend on; vartisyante
—will live; mayi—when I; gate—gone from this world; bhinna—broken;
navah—boat; iva—like; udadhau—in the ocean.

TRANSLATION

King Purafijana continued worrying: ‘‘After I pass from this world, how

will my sons and daughters, who are now fully dependent on me, live and
