Category:Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by Puranjana Maharaja - Vaniquotes
- Puranjana Mahārāja is the 77th top speaker of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with 17 verses at Vanisource. He speaks only in the 4th canto (17 verses).
Theme Analysis
- The Allure of Material Illusion: Wandering in the material world, King Purañjana represents the conditioned soul. He becomes completely bewitched by a beautiful girl (representing material intelligence) and her associates (the senses), mistakenly believing she is the goddess of fortune.
- Subjugation to Domestic Life: The King illustrates the soul's absolute, helpless dependence on material intelligence. He declares that a home without a wife is like an unworkable "chariot without wheels," completely binding his identity to his domestic comforts.
- Pacifying the False Ego: After acting independently and engaging in unauthorized sense gratification (hunting), the King finds his wife angry and morose. He desperately flatters her and begs for her smile, demonstrating how the soul constantly struggles to appease the dictates of material intelligence.
- The Tragic End of the Materialist: At the crucial moment of death, instead of fixing his mind on the Supreme Lord or spiritual liberation, Purañjana dies in a state of profound illusion. He is consumed by agonizing anxiety over his family's maintenance, likening their future without him to a shipwreck in the ocean.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Allegory of the Conditioned Soul - King Purañjana's Illusion.
Pages in category "Bhagavatam Verses Spoken by Puranjana Maharaja - Vaniquotes"
The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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- After I pass from this world, how will my sons and daughters, who are now fully dependent on me, live and continue their lives? Their position will be similar to that of passengers aboard a ship wrecked in the midst of the ocean
- At that time King Puranjana was a little anxious, and he inquired from the household women: My dear beautiful women, are you and your mistress all very happy like before, or not?
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- King Puranjana inquired from the household women: Kindly let me know the whereabouts of that beautiful woman who always saves me when I am drowning in the ocean of danger. By giving me good intelligence at every step, she always saves me
- King Puranjana said: I do not understand why my household paraphernalia does not attract me as before. I think that if there is neither a mother nor devoted wife at home, the home is like a chariot without wheels
- King Puranjana said: My dear beautiful wife, when a master accepts a servant as his own man, but does not punish him for his offenses, the servant must be considered unfortunate
- King Puranjana was anxiously thinking: Alas, my wife is encumbered by so many children. When I pass from this body, how will she be able to maintain all these family members? Alas, she will be greatly harassed by thoughts of family maintenance
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- My dear beautiful girl, you are exactly like the goddess of fortune or the wife of Lord Siva or the goddess of learning, the wife of Lord Brahma. Although you must be one of them, I see that you are loitering in this forest
- My dear girl, your face is so beautiful with your nice eyebrows and eyes and with your bluish hair scattered about. In addition, very sweet sounds are coming from your mouth
- My dear lotus-eyed, kindly explain to me where you are coming from, who you are, and whose daughter you are. You appear very chaste. What is the purpose of your coming here? What are you trying to do? Please explain all these things to me
- My dear lotus-eyed, who are those eleven strong bodyguards with you, and who are those ten specific servants? Who are those women following the ten servants, and who is the snake that is preceding you?
- My dear Queen, due to my sinful desires I went to the forest to hunt without asking you. Therefore I must admit that I have offended you. Nonetheless, thinking of me as your most intimate subordinate, you should still be very much pleased with me
- My dear slender maiden, when a master chastises his servant, the servant should accept this as great mercy. One who becomes angry must be very foolish not to know that such is the duty of his friend
- My dear wife, until this day I have never seen your face without tilaka decorations, nor have I seen you so morose and without luster or affection. Nor have I seen your two nice breasts wet with tears from your eyes. Nor have I ever before seen your lips
- My dear wife, your teeth are very beautifully set, and your attractive features make you appear very thoughtful. Kindly give up your anger, be merciful upon me, and please smile upon me with loving attachment
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- O greatly fortunate one, it appears that you are none of the women I (Puranjana) have mentioned because I see that your feet are touching the ground
- O hero's wife, kindly tell me if someone has offended you. I am prepared to give such a person punishment as long as he does not belong to the brahmana caste. But for the servant of Muraripu (Krsna), I excuse no one within or beyond these three worlds
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- When I see a smile on your beautiful face, and when I see your hair, which is as beautiful as the color blue, and see your raised nose and hear your sweet talk, you will become more beautiful to me and thus attract me and oblige me
- Whoever your husband may be, simply by understanding that you are so faithful to him, he will come to possess all opulences. I think you must be the goddess of fortune, but I do not see the lotus flower in your hand