rāja-siṁhasya veśmani
Содержание книги
- nirvāk-peśaskṛtāv ubhau
- kvacid gāyati gāyantyāṁ
- Chapter Twenty-six. Purañjana Goes Hunting. nārada uvāca. sa ekadā maheṣvāso. rathaṁ pañcāśvam āśu-gam. dvīṣaṁ dvi-cakram ekākṣaṁ. tri-veṇuṁ pa
- Fond of hunting, giving up his wife who was difficult to give up, full of pride, he took his bow and arrow and went to hunt in the forest.
- ya evaṁ karma niyataṁ
- tataḥ kṣut-tṛṭ-pariśrānto
- antaḥpura-striyo 'pṛcchad
- tvat-priyā yad vyavasyati
- ikṣā-daṇḍaṁ na yuñjate
- vrīḍā-vilamba-vilasad-dhasitāvalokam
- vaktraṁ na te vitilakaṁ malinaṁ viharṣaṁ
- Chapter Twenty-seven. Purañjana Enjoys Life. nārada uvāca. itthaṁ purañjanaṁ sadhryag. vaśamānīya vibhramaiḥ. purañjanī mahārāja. reme ramayatī patim. Nārada said: O
- raho 'numantrair apakṛṣṭa-cetanaḥ
- kṣaṇārdham iva rājendra
- teṣu tad-riktha-hāreṣu
- purañjana-puraṁ yadā
- tri-lokīṁ varam icchatī
- tato vihata-saṅkalpā
- atho bhajasva māṁ bhadra
- prajvāro 'yaṁ mama bhrātā
- purañjana-purīṁ nṛpa
- tmānaṁ kanyayā grastaṁ
- When the city was being attacked by old age, the protector of the city, seeing his abode attacked by Yavanas, and himself touched by Prajvāra, became most distressed.
- lokāntaraṁ gatavati
- paśuvad yavanair eṣa
- rāja-siṁhasya veśmani
- tasyāṁ sa janayāṁ cakra
- agastyaḥ prāg duhitaram
- rājarṣir malayadhvajaḥ
- kṣut-pipāse priyāpriye
- sākṣād bhagavatoktena
- patiṁ parama-dharma-jñaṁ
- uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha rājarṣe
- api smarasi cātmānam
- O noble one! I and you were two swans, friends in Mānasa Lake. Previously, for a thousand years, we were without a house.
- The five sense objects are the gardens. The gates are nine openings of the body. The storerooms are fire, water and earth. The communities are the senses and mind combined.
- yat pumāṁsaṁ striyaṁ satīm
- haṁsena pratibodhitaḥ
- Prācīnabarhi said: O great devotee! I cannot completely understand your words. The wise understand, but I cannot, since I am bewildered by karma.
- jñānaṁ karma ca yat-kṛtam
- nalinī nālinī nāse. gandhaḥ saurabha ucyate. ghrāṇo 'vadhūto mukhyāsyaṁ. vipaṇo vāg rasavid rasaḥ. The gates called Nalinī and Nālinī are the two nostrils. The place call
- vaiśasaṁ narakaṁ pāyur
- pañca-sūnā-vinoda-kṛt
- lokas tāṁ nābhinandati
- bhagavantaṁ paraṁ gurum
- daiva-bhūtātma-hetuṣu
- arthe hy avidyamāne 'pi. saṁsṛtir na nivartate. manasā liṅga-rūpeṇa. svapne vicarato yathā. Though suffering does not really exist, saṁsāra will never cease, as long as the conception of suffering con
- syād acyuta-kathāśrayaḥ
- jīva-lokaḥ svabhāvajaiḥ
- abda-brahmaṇi duṣpāre
rāja-siṁhasya veśmani
Merged in unending darkness, devoid of memory, experiencing pain for infinite years, and, contaminated by association with a woman, he remembered in his mind that woman, and finally was born in the house of a great king of Vidarbha as the best of women.
He was merged in darkness devoid of end, in suffering. Since he worshipped through many sacrifices, it should be understood that he also enjoyed happiness in Svarga for many years. This is not mentioned in order to create a sense of renunciation in Prācīnabarhi. Because of remembering a woman he became a woman. The spiritual perspective is this. It was said that, because one faints from the extreme pain at the time of death, the loss of dharmic intelligence is temporary. After enjoying in Svarga with the exhaustion of pious deed, he regains his dharmic intelligence and is born in the house of a person following dharma. That is the intention of the verse. However, attaining a body of a man or woman was not mentioned. The various options of birth however, such as man or woman, are not mentioned here. This is explained later:
kvacit pumān kvacic ca strī kvacin nobhayam andha-dhīḥ
devo manuṣyas tiryag vā yathā-karma-guṇaṁ bhavaḥ
This foolish jīva is sometimes a man and sometimes he is a woman. Sometimes he is eunuch. Sometimes he is a devatā, a human or an animal. His birth takes place according to the guṇas and his actions. SB 4.29.29
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upayeme vīrya-paṇāṁ
vaidarbhīṁ malayadhvajaḥ
yudhi nirjitya rājanyān
pāṇḍyaḥ para-purañjayaḥ
Intelligent Malayadhvaja, the conqueror of enemy cities, after defeating other kings in battle, married the daughter of the King of Vidarbha, as prize for his chivalry.
As long as the jīva does not have bhakti, he cannot get deliverance from saṁsāra. Bhakti is spontaneous. It arises from association with devotees, by spontaneous mercy of devotees. That is shown in Purañjana’s next life as Vaidarbhī, where he attained association with a devotee through marriage. Malayadhvaja means the best (dhvaja) among the devotees, who are equal to Malaya mountain range, since they are worthy of the same worship. Upayeme (married) can mean “accepting to be a student.” Vīrya-paṇām (prize for valor) can also mean no one else could be accepted as teacher because he had great mercy as his power (vīrya).
asmiû loke vartamānaḥ sva-dharma-stho 'naghaḥ śuciḥ
jñānaṁ viśuddham āpnoti mad-bhaktiṁ vā yadṛcchayā
One who is situated in his prescribed duty, free from sinful activities and cleansed of material contamination, in this very life obtains transcendental knowledge or, by fortune, devotional service unto me. SB 11.20.11
bhavāpavargo bhramato yadā bhavej
janasya tarhy acyuta sat-samāgamaḥ
sat-saṅgamo yarhi tadaiva sad-gatau
parāvareśe tvayi jāyate matiḥ
When the material life of a wandering soul has ceased, O Acyuta, he may attain the association of your devotees. And when he associates with them, there awakens in him devotion unto you, who are the goal of the devotees and the Lord of all causes and their effects. SB 10.51.53
These verses show that bhakti arises in the jīva in some birth, from sudden association with a devotee. He had defeated other kings. This means that he had uprooted all sins, offenses, time and karma. Pāṇḍyaḥ means he was from Paṇḍya province, or “he who could discriminate between matter and spirit.” Para-purañjayaḥ means “he who conquered the cities of enemies” or “he who cut the doubts arising from other philosophies.”
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