Text 22] Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1309

continue their lives? Their position will be similar to that of passengers
aboard a ship wrecked in the midst of the ocean.”

PURPORT

At the time of death every living entity worries about what will happen
to his wife and children. Similarly, a politician also worries about what will
happen to his country or his political party. Unless one is fully Krsna
conscious, he has to accept a body in the next life according to his particu-
lar state of consciousness. Since Purayijana is thinking of his wife and chil-
dren and is overly engrossed in thoughts of his wife, he will accept the body
of a woman. Similarly, a politician or so-called nationalist who is inordi-
nately attached to the land of his birth will certainly be reborn in the same
land after ending his political career. One’s next life will also be affected
by the acts one performs during this life. Sometimes politicians act most
sinfully for their own sense gratification. It is not unusual for a politician
to kill the opposing party. Even though a politician may be allowed to
take birth in his so-called homeland, he still has to undergo suffering due
to his sinful activities in his previous life.

This science of transmigration is completely unknown to modern
scientists. So-called scientists do not like to bother with these things
because if they would at all consider this subtle subject matter and the
problems of life, they would see that their future is very dark. Thus they
try to avoid considering the future and continue committing all kinds of
sinful activities in the name of social, political and national necessity.

TEXT 22
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evam krpanaya buddhya
§ocantam atad-arhanam

grahitum krta-dhir enam
bhaya-namabh yapadyata

evam—thus; krpanaya—by miserly; buddhya—intelligence; socantam—
lamenting; a-tat-arhanam—on which he should not have lamented; grahitum
—in order to arrest; krta-dhih—the determined King of the Yavanas; enam—
him; bhaya-nama—whose name was fear; abhyapadyata—came there im-
mediately.
