Text 23] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1311
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities
does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world,
but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” (Bg. 4.9)

After giving up this body, one who is fully Krsna conscious does not
accept another material body but returns home, back to Godhead. Every-
one should try to attain this perfection. Unfortunately, instead of doing so,
people are absorbed in thoughts of society, friendship, love and relatives.
This Krsna consciousness movement, however, is educating people through-
out the world and informing them how to conquer death. Harim vina na
srtim taranti. One cannot conquer death without taking shelter of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 23
THEA aa: at gq |
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HARTA: WAN FIAT: |
pasuvad yavanair esa
niyamadnah svakam ksayam
anvadravann anupathah
Socanto bhrsam aturah

pasu-vat—like an animal; yavanaih—by the Yavanas; esah—Puranjana;
niyamanah— being arrested and taken away ;svakam—to their own; ksayam—
abode; anvadravan—followed; anupathah—his attendants; socantah—lament-
ing; bhrsam— greatly ; dturah—being distressed.

TRANSLATION

When the Yavanas were taking King Purafjana away to their place,
binding him like an animal, the King’s followers became greatly aggrieved.
While they lamented, they were forced to go along with him.

PURPORT

When Yamaraja and his assistants take a living entity away to the place
of judgment, the life, life air and desires, being followers of the living entity,
also go with him. This is confirmed in the Vedas. When the living entity is
taken away or arrested by Yamaraja (tam utkramantam), the life air also
goes with him (prano ‘niitkramati), and when the life air is gone (pranam
