Text 27] Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1317
ananta-pare tamasi
magno nasta-smrtih samah
Sasvatir anubhiiyartim
pramada-sanga-disitah ;

ananta-pare—unlimitedly expanded; tamasi—in the material existence of
darkness; magnah—being merged; nasta-smrtih—bereft of all intelligence;
samah—for many years; sasvatih—practically eternally; anubhiiya—experi-
encing; Grtim—the threefold miseries; pramada—of women; sariga—by
association; diisitah—being contaminated.

TRANSLATION

Due to his contaminated association with women, a living entity like
King Purafijana eternally suffers all the pangs of material existence and
remains in the dark region of material life bereft of all remembrance for
many, many years.

PURPORT

This is a description of material existence. Material existence is experi-
enced when one becomes attached to a woman and forgets his real identity
as the eternal servant of Krsna (nasta-smrtih).In this way, in one body after
another, the living entity perpetually suffers the threefold miseries of
material existence. To save human civilization from the darkness of igno-
rance, this movement was started. The main purpose of the Krsna conscious-
ness movement is to enlighten the forgetful living entity and remind him of
his original Krsna consciousness. In this way the living entity can be saved
from the catastrophe of ignorance as well as bodily transmigration. As
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung:

anadi karama-phale, padi’ bhavarnava-jale,
taribare na dekhi upaya
e visaya-halahale, diva-nisi hiya juale,
mana kabhu sukha nahi paya

“Because of my past fruitive activities, I have now fallen into an ocean of
nescience. I cannot find any means to get out of this great ocean, which is
indeed like an ocean of poison. We are trying to be happy through sense
enjoyment, but actually that so-called enjoyment is like food that is too
hot and causes burning in the heart. I feel a burning sensation constantly,
day and night, and thus my mind cannot find satisfaction.”
