Text 6] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1379
TEXT 6

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ASTATITT: TT: Geaafeedehe: tl & A

sakhaya indriya-gana
jiianam karma ca yat-krtam
sakhyas tad-vrttayah pranah
paiica-vrttir yathoragah

sakhayah—the male friends; indriya-ganah—the senses; jfidnam—knowl-
edge; karma—activity; ca—also; yat-krtam—done by the senses; sakhyah—
female friends; tat—of the senses; urttayah—engagements; pranah—life air;
pafica-vrttih—having five processes; yatha—like; uragah—the serpent.

TRANSLATION

The five working senses and the five senses that acquire knowledge are
all male friends of Puraiijani. The living entity is assisted by these senses
in acquiring knowledge and engaging in activity. The engagements of the
senses are known as girl friends, and the serpent, which was described as
having five heads, is the life air acting within the five circulatory processes.

PURPORT

krsna-bahirmukha haiia bhoga-vaiicha kare
nikata-stha maya tare japatiya dhare
(Prema-vivarta 6.2)

Because of his desire to enjoy the material world, the living entity is
dressed with the material gross and subtle bodies. Thus he is given a chance
to enjoy the senses. The senses are therefore the instruments for enjoying
the material world; consequently the senses have been described as friends.
Sometimes, because of too much sinful activity, the living entity does not
get a material gross body, but hovers on the subtle platform. This is called
ghostly life. Because of his not possessing a gross body, he creates a great
deal of trouble in his subtle body. Thus the presence of a ghost is horrible
for those who are living in the gross body. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

utkramantam sthitam vapi
bhuftjanar vd gunadnvitam
