Text 57] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1353

panicaramam nava-dvaram
eka-padlam tri-kosthakam

sat-kulam patica-vipanam
patica-prakrti stri-dhavam

paiica-dramam- five gardens; nava-dvaram—nine gates; eka— one; palam—
protector; tri-three; kosthakam—apartments; sat—six; kulam—families;
patica—five; vipanam—stores; paiica— five; prakrti— material elements; stri—
woman; dhavam—master.

TRANSLATION

In that city [the material body] there are five gardens, nine gates, one
protector, three apartments, six families, five stores, five material elements,
and one woman who is lord of the house.

TEXT 57

Gaafexaral ANT AR: MT AT TAY I
anstaet ae FafafexdzE: |N4oIl

pancendriyartha arama
dvarah prand nava prabho

tejo-’bannani kosthani
kulam indriya-sangrahah

paiica—five; indriya-arthah—sense objects; aramah—the gardens; dvaérah—
gates; pranah—apertures of the senses; nava—nine; prabho—O King; tejah-
ap—fire, water; annani—food grains or earth; kosthani— apartments; kulam
—families; indriya-sangrahah—five senses and the mind.

TRANSLATION

My dear friend, the five gardens are the five objects of sense enjoyment,
and the protector is the life air, which passes through the nine gates. The
three apartments are the chief ingredients—fire, water, and earth. The six
families are the aggregate total of the mind and five senses.

PURPORT

The five senses that acquire knowledge are sight, taste, smell, sound and
touch, and these act through the nine gates—the two eyes, two ears, one
