4.27.1

nārada uvāca

itthaḿ purañjanaḿ sadhryag

vaśamānīya vibhramaiḥ

purañjanī mahārāja

reme ramayatī patim

 

nāradaḥ uvāca — Nārada said; ittham — thus; purañjanam — King Purañjana; sadhryak — completely; vaśamānīya — bringing under her control; vibhramaiḥ — by her charms; purañjanī — the wife of King Purañjana; mahā-rāja — O King; reme — enjoyed; ramayatī — giving all satisfaction; patim — to her husband.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King, after bewildering her husband in different ways and bringing him under her control, the wife of King Purañjana gave him all satisfaction and enjoyed sex life with him.

 

4.27.2

sa rājā mahiṣīḿ rājan

susnātāḿ rucirānanām

kṛta-svastyayanāḿ tṛptām

abhyanandad upāgatām

 

saḥ — he; rājā — the King; mahiṣīm — the Queen; rājan — O King; su-snātām — nicely bathed; rucira-ānanām — attractive face; kṛta-svasti-ayanām — dressed with auspicious garments and ornaments; tṛptām — satisfied; abhyanandat — he welcomed; upāgatām — approached.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The Queen took her bath and dressed herself nicely with all auspicious garments and ornaments. After taking food and becoming completely satisfied, she returned to the King. Upon seeing her beautifully decorated attractive face, the King welcomed her with all devotion.

 

4.27.3

tayopagūḍhaḥ parirabdha-kandharo

raho 'numantrair apakṛṣṭa-cetanaḥ

na kāla-raḿho bubudhe duratyayaḿ

divā niśeti pramadā-parigrahaḥ

 

tayā — by the Queen; upagūḍhaḥ — was embraced; parirabdha — embraced; kandharaḥ — shoulders; rahaḥ — in a solitary place; anumantraiḥ — by joking words; apakṛṣṭa-cetanaḥ — having degraded consciousness; na — not; kāla-raḿhaḥ — the passing of time; bubudhe — was aware of; duratyayam — impossible to overcome; divā — day; niśā — night; iti — thus; pramadā — by the woman; parigrahaḥ — captivated.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Queen Purañjanī embraced the King, and the King also responded by embracing her shoulders. In this way, in a solitary place, they enjoyed joking words. Thus King Purañjana became very much captivated by his beautiful wife and deviated from his good sense. He forgot that the passing of days and nights meant that his span of life was being reduced without profit.

 

4.27.4

śayāna unnaddha-mado mahā-manā

mahārha-talpe mahiṣī-bhujopadhiḥ

tām eva vīro manute paraḿ yatas

tamo-'bhibhūto na nijaḿ paraḿ ca yat

 

śayānaḥ — lying down; unnaddha-madaḥ — increasingly illusioned; mahā-manāḥ — advanced in consciousness; mahā-arha-talpe — on a valuable bedstead; mahiṣī — of the Queen; bhuja — arms; upadhiḥ — pillow; tām — her; eva — certainly; vīraḥ — the hero; manute — he considered; param — the goal of life; yataḥ — from which; tamaḥ — by ignorance; abhibhūtaḥ — overwhelmed; na — not; nijam — his actual self; param — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ca — and; yat — what.

 

TRANSLATION

 

In this way, increasingly overwhelmed by illusion, King Purañjana, although advanced in consciousness, remained always lying down with his head on the pillow of his wife's arms. In this way he considered woman to be his ultimate life and soul. Becoming thus overwhelmed by the mode of ignorance, he could not understand the meaning of self-realization, of his self or of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

 

4.27.5

tayaivaḿ ramamāṇasya

kāma-kaśmala-cetasaḥ

kṣaṇārdham iva rājendra

vyatikrāntaḿ navaḿ vayaḥ

 

tayā — with her; evam — in this way; ramamāṇasya — enjoying; kāma — full of lust; kaśmala — sinful; cetasaḥ — his heart; kṣaṇa-ardham — in half a moment; iva — like; rāja-indra — O King; vyatikrāntam — expired; navam — new; vayaḥ — life.

 

TRANSLATION

 

My dear King Prācīnabarhiṣat, in this way King Purañjana, with his heart full of lust and sinful reactions, began to enjoy sex with his wife, and in this way his new life and youth expired in half a moment.

 

4.27.6

tasyām ajanayat putrān

purañjanyāḿ purañjanaḥ

śatāny ekādaśa virāḍ

āyuṣo 'rdham athātyagāt

 

tasyām — within her; ajanayat — he begot; putrān — sons; purañjanyām — in Purañjanī; purañjanaḥ — King Purañjana; śatāni — hundreds; ekādaśa — eleven; virāṭ — O King; āyuṣaḥ — of life; ardham — half; atha — in this way; atyagāt — he passed.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The great sage Nārada then addressed King Prācīnabarhiṣat: O one whose life-span is great [virāṭ], in this way King Purañjana begot 1,100 sons within the womb of his wife, Purañjanī. However, in this business he passed away half of his life-span.

 

4.27.7

duhitṝr daśottara-śataḿ

pitṛ-mātṛ-yaśaskarīḥ

śīlaudārya-guṇopetāḥ

paurañjanyaḥ prajā-pate

 

duhitṝḥ — daughters; daśa-uttara — ten more than; śatam — one hundred; pitṛ — like the father; mātṛ — and mother; yaśaskarīḥ — glorified; śīla — good behavior; audārya — magnanimity; guṇa — good qualities; upetāḥ — possessed of; paurañjanyaḥ — daughters of Purañjana; prajā-pate — O Prajāpati.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Prajāpati, King Prācīnabarhiṣat, in this way King Purañjana also begot 110 daughters. All of these were equally glorified like the father and mother. Their behavior was gentle, and they possessed magnanimity and other good qualities.

 

4.27.8

sa pañcāla-patiḥ putrān

pitṛ-vaḿśa-vivardhanān

dāraiḥ saḿyojayām āsa

duhitṝḥ sadṛśair varaiḥ

 

saḥ — he; pañcāla-patiḥ — the King of Pañcāla; putrān — sons; pitṛ-vaḿśa — paternal family; vivardhanān — increasing; dāraiḥ — with wives; saḿyojayām āsa — married; duhitṝḥ — daughters; sadṛśaiḥ — qualified; varaiḥ — with husbands.

 

TRANSLATION

 

After this, King Purañjana, King of the Pañcāla country, in order to increase the descendants of his paternal family, married his sons with qualified wives and married his daughters with qualified husbands.

 

4.27.9

putrāṇāḿ cābhavan putrā

ekaikasya śataḿ śatam

yair vai paurañjano vaḿśaḥ

pañcāleṣu samedhitaḥ

 

putrāṇām — of the sons; ca — also; abhavan — were produced; putrāḥ — sons; eka-ekasya — of each one; śatam — hundred; śatam — hundred; yaiḥ — by whom; vai — certainly; paurañjanaḥ — of King Purañjana; vaḿśaḥ — family; pañcāleṣu — in the land of Pañcāla; samedhitaḥ — greatly increased.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Of these many sons, each produced hundreds and hundreds of grandsons. In this way the whole city of Pañcāla became overcrowded by these sons and grandsons of King Purañjana.

 

4.27.10

teṣu tad-riktha-hāreṣu

gṛha-kośānujīviṣu

nirūḍhena mamatvena

viṣayeṣv anvabadhyata

 

teṣu — to them; tat-riktha-hāreṣu — the plunderers of his money; gṛha — home; kośa — treasury; anujīviṣu — to the followers; nirūḍhena — deep-rooted; mamatvena — by attachment; viṣayeṣu — to sense objects; anvabadhyata — became bound.

 

TRANSLATION

 

These sons and grandsons were virtually plunderers of King Purañjana's riches, including his home, treasury, servants, secretaries and all other paraphernalia. Purañjana's attachment for these things was very deep-rooted.

 

4.27.11

īje ca kratubhir ghorair

dīkṣitaḥ paśu-mārakaiḥ

devān pitṝn bhūta-patīn

nānā-kāmo yathā bhavān

 

īje — he worshiped; ca — also; kratubhiḥ — by sacrifices; ghoraiḥ — ghastly; dīkṣitaḥ — inspired; paśu-mārakaiḥ — wherein poor animals are killed; devān — the demigods; pitṝn — forefathers; bhūta-patīn — great leaders of human society; nānā — various; kāmaḥ — having desires; yathā — like; bhavān — you.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King Prācīnabarhiṣat, like you King Purañjana also became implicated in so many desires. Thus he worshiped demigods, forefathers and social leaders with various sacrifices which were all very ghastly because they were inspired by the desire to kill animals.

 

4.27.12

yukteṣv evaḿ pramattasya

kuṭumbāsakta-cetasaḥ

āsasāda sa vai kālo

yo 'priyaḥ priya-yoṣitām

 

yukteṣu — to beneficial activities; evam — thus; pramattasya — being inattentive; kuṭumba — to kith and kin; āsakta — attached; cetasaḥ — consciousness; āsasāda — arrived; saḥ — that; vai — certainly; kālaḥ — time; yaḥ — which; apriyaḥ — not very pleasing; priya-yoṣitām — for persons attached to women.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thus King Purañjana, being attached to fruitive activities [karma-kāṇḍīya] as well as kith and kin, and being obsessed with polluted consciousness, eventually arrived at that point not very much liked by those who are overly attached to material things.

 

4.27.13

caṇḍavega iti khyāto

gandharvādhipatir nṛpa

gandharvās tasya balinaḥ

ṣaṣṭy-uttara-śata-trayam

 

caṇḍavegaḥ — Caṇḍavega; iti — thus; khyātaḥ — celebrated; gandharva — belonging to the Gandharvaloka; adhipatiḥ — king; nṛpa — O King; gandharvāḥ — other Gandharvas; tasya — his; balinaḥ — very powerful soldiers; ṣaṣṭi — sixty; uttara — surpassing; śata — hundred; trayam — three.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O King! In Gandharvaloka there is a king named Caṇḍavega. Under him there are 360 very powerful Gandharva soldiers.

 

4.27.14

gandharvyas tādṛśīr asya

maithunyaś ca sitāsitāḥ

parivṛttyā vilumpanti

sarva-kāma-vinirmitām

 

gandharvyaḥ — Gandharvīs; tādṛśīḥ — similarly; asya — of Caṇḍavega; maithunyaḥ — companions for sexual intercourse; ca — also; sita — white; asitāḥ — black; parivṛttyā — by surrounding; vilumpanti — they plundered; sarva-kāma — all kinds of desirable objects; vinirmitām — manufactured.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Along with Caṇḍavega were as many female Gandharvīs as there were soldiers, and all of them repetitively plundered all the paraphernalia for sense enjoyment.

 

4.27.15

te caṇḍavegānucarāḥ

purañjana-puraḿ yadā

hartum ārebhire tatra

pratyaṣedhat prajāgaraḥ

 

te — all of them; caṇḍavega — of Caṇḍavega; anucarāḥ — followers; purañjana — of King Purañjana; puram — city; yadā — when; hartum — to plunder; ārebhire — began; tatra — there; pratyaṣedhat — defended; prajāgaraḥ — the big serpent.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When King Gandharva-rāja [Caṇḍavega] and his followers began to plunder the city of Purañjana, a snake with five hoods began to defend the city.

 

4.27.16

sa saptabhiḥ śatair eko

viḿśatyā ca śataḿ samāḥ

purañjana-purādhyakṣo

gandharvair yuyudhe balī

 

saḥ — he; saptabhiḥ — with seven; śataiḥ — hundred; ekaḥ — alone; viḿśatyā — with twenty; ca — also; śatam — hundred; samāḥ — years; purañjana — of King Purañjana; pura-adhyakṣaḥ — superintendent of the city; gandharvaiḥ — with the Gandharvas; yuyudhe — fought; balī — very valiant.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The five-hooded serpent, the superintendent and protector of the city of King Purañjana, fought with the Gandharvas for one hundred years. He fought alone, with all of them, although they numbered 720.

 

4.27.17

kṣīyamāṇe sva-sambandhe

ekasmin bahubhir yudhā

cintāḿ parāḿ jagāmārtaḥ

sa-rāṣṭra-pura-bāndhavaḥ

 

kṣīyamāṇe — when he became weak; sva-sambandhe — his intimate friend; ekasmin — alone; bahubhiḥ — with many warriors; yudhā — by battle; cintām — anxiety; parām — very great; jagāma — obtained; ārtaḥ — being aggrieved; sa — along with; rāṣṭra — of the kingdom; pura — of the city; bāndhavaḥ — friends and relatives.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Because he had to fight alone with so many soldiers, all of whom were great warriors, the serpent with five hoods became very weak. Seeing that his most intimate friend was weakening, King Purañjana and his friends and citizens living within the city all became very anxious.

 

4.27.18

sa eva puryāḿ madhu-bhuk

pañcāleṣu sva-pārṣadaiḥ

upanītaḿ baliḿ gṛhṇan

strī-jito nāvidad bhayam

 

saḥ — he; eva — certainly; puryām — within the city; madhu-bhuk — enjoying sex life; pañcāleṣu — in the kingdom of Pañcāla (five sense objects); sva-pārṣadaiḥ — along with his followers; upanītam — brought; balim — taxes; gṛhṇan — accepting; strī-jitaḥ — conquered by women; na — did not; avidat — understand; bhayam — fear of death.

 

TRANSLATION

 

King Purañjana collected taxes in the city known as Pañcāla and thus was able to engage in sexual indulgence. Being completely under the control of women, he could not understand that his life was passing away and that he was reaching the point of death.

 

4.27.19

kālasya duhitā kācit

tri-lokīḿ varam icchatī

paryaṭantī na barhiṣman

pratyanandata kaścana

 

kālasya — of formidable Time; duhitā — the daughter; kācit — someone; tri-lokīm — within the three worlds; varam — husband; icchatī — desiring; paryaṭantī — traveling all over the universe; na — never; barhiṣman — O King Prācīnabarhiṣat; pratyanandata — accepted her proposal; kaścana — anyone.

 

TRANSLATION

 

My dear King Prācīnabarhiṣat, at this time the daughter of formidable Time was seeking her husband throughout the three worlds. Although no one agreed to accept her, she came.

 

4.27.20

daurbhāgyenātmano loke

viśrutā durbhageti sā

yā tuṣṭā rājarṣaye tu

vṛtādāt pūrave varam

 

daurbhāgyena — on account of misfortune; ātmanaḥ — of herself; loke — in the world; viśrutā — celebrated; durbhagā — most unfortunate; iti — thus; sā — she; yā — who; tuṣṭā — being satisfied; rāja-ṛṣaye — unto the great king; tu — but; vṛtā — being accepted; adāt — delivered; pūrave — unto King Pūru; varam — benediction.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The daughter of Time [Jarā] was very unfortunate. Consequently she was known as Durbhagā ["ill-fated"]. However, she was once pleased with a great king, and because the king accepted her, she granted him a great benediction.

 

4.27.21

kadācid aṭamānā sā

brahma-lokān mahīḿ gatam

vavre bṛhad-vrataḿ māḿ tu

jānatī kāma-mohitā

 

kadācit — once upon a time; aṭamānā — traveling; sā — she; brahma-lokāt — from Brahmaloka, the highest planet; mahīm — on the earth; gatam — having come; vavre — she proposed; bṛhat-vratam — avowed brahmacārī; mām — unto me; tu — then; jānatī — knowing; kāma-mohitā — being illusioned by lust.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When I once came to this earth from Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system, the daughter of Time, wandering over the universe, met me. Knowing me to be an avowed brahmacārī, she became lusty and proposed that I accept her.

 

4.27.22

mayi saḿrabhya vipula-

madāc chāpaḿ suduḥsaham

sthātum arhasi naikatra

mad-yācñā-vimukho mune

 

mayi — unto me; saḿrabhya — having become angry; vipula — unlimited; madāt — out of illusion; śāpam — curse; su-duḥsaham — unbearable; sthātum arhasi — you may remain; na — never; ekatra — in one place; mat — my; yācñā — request; vimukhaḥ — having refused; mune — O great sage.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The great sage Nārada continued: When I refused to accept her request, she became very angry at me and cursed me severely. Because I refused her request, she said that I would not be able to stay in one place for a long time.

 

4.27.23

tato vihata-sańkalpā

kanyakā yavaneśvaram

mayopadiṣṭam āsādya

vavre nāmnā bhayaḿ patim

 

tataḥ — thereafter; vihata-sańkalpā — being disappointed in her determination; kanyakā — the daughter of Time; yavana-īśvaram — unto the king of the untouchables; mayā upadiṣṭam — indicated by me; āsādya — having approached; vavre — accepted; nāmnā — of the name; bhayam — Fear; patim — as her husband.

 

TRANSLATION

 

After she was thus disappointed by me, with my permission she approached the King of the Yavanas, whose name was Bhaya, or Fear, and she accepted him as her husband.

 

4.27.24

ṛṣabhaḿ yavanānāḿ tvāḿ

vṛṇe vīrepsitaḿ patim

sańkalpas tvayi bhūtānāḿ

kṛtaḥ kila na riṣyati

 

ṛṣabham — the best; yavanānām — of the untouchables; tvām — you; vṛṇe — I accept; vīra — O great hero; īpsitam — desired; patim — husband; sańkalpaḥ — the determination; tvayi — unto you; bhūtānām — of all living entities; kṛtaḥ — if done; kila — certainly; na — never; riṣyati — becomes baffled.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Approaching the King of the Yavanas, Kālakanyā addressed him as a great hero, saying: My dear sir, you are the best of the untouchables. I am in love with you, and I want you as my husband. I know that no one is baffled if he makes friends with you.

 

4.27.25

dvāv imāv anuśocanti

bālāv asad-avagrahau

yal loka-śāstropanataḿ

na rāti na tad icchati

 

dvau — two kinds; imau — these; anuśocanti — they lament; bālau — ignorant; asat — the foolish; avagrahau — taking the path of; yat — that which; loka — by custom; śāstra — by scriptures; upanatam — presented; na — never; rāti — follows; na — neither; tat — that; icchati — desires.

 

TRANSLATION

 

One who does not give charity according to the customs or injunctions of the scriptures and one who does not accept charity in that way are considered to be in the mode of ignorance. Such persons follow the path of the foolish. Surely they must lament at the end.

 

4.27.26

atho bhajasva māḿ bhadra

bhajantīḿ me dayāḿ kuru

etāvān pauruṣo dharmo

yad ārtān anukampate

 

atho — therefore; bhajasva — accept; mām — me; bhadra — O gentle one; bhajantīm — willing to serve; me — to me; dayām — mercy; kuru — do; etāvān — such a measure; pauruṣaḥ — for any gentleman; dharmaḥ — religious principle; yat — that; ārtān — to the distressed; anukampate — is compassionate.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Kālakanyā continued: O gentle one, I am now present before you to serve you. Please accept me and thus show me mercy. It is a gentleman's greatest duty to be compassionate upon a person who is distressed.

 

4.27.27

kāla-kanyodita-vaco

niśamya yavaneśvaraḥ

cikīrṣur deva-guhyaḿ sa

sasmitaḿ tām abhāṣata

 

kāla-kanyā — by the daughter of Time; udita — expressed; vacaḥ — words; niśamya — hearing; yavana-īśvaraḥ — the King of the Yavanas; cikīrṣuḥ — desiring to execute; deva — of providence; guhyam — confidential duty; saḥ — he; sa-smitam — smilingly; tām — her; abhāṣata — addressed.

 

TRANSLATION

 

After hearing the statement of Kālakanyā, daughter of Time, the King of the Yavanas began to smile and devise a means for executing his confidential duty on behalf of providence. He then addressed Kālakanyā as follows.

 

4.27.28

mayā nirūpitas tubhyaḿ

patir ātma-samādhinā

nābhinandati loko 'yaḿ

tvām abhadrām asammatām

 

mayā — by me; nirūpitaḥ — settled; tubhyam — for you; patiḥ — husband; ātma — of the mind; samādhinā — by meditation; na — never; abhinandati — welcome; lokaḥ — the people; ayam — these; tvām — you; abhadrām — inauspicious; asammatām — unacceptable.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The King of the Yavanas replied: After much consideration, I have arrived at a husband for you. Actually, as far as everyone is concerned, you are inauspicious and mischievous. Since no one likes you, how can anyone accept you as his wife?

 

4.27.29

tvam avyakta-gatir bhuńkṣva

lokaḿ karma-vinirmitam

yā hi me pṛtanā-yuktā

prajā-nāśaḿ praṇeṣyasi

 

tvam — you; avyakta-gatiḥ — whose movement is imperceptible; bhuńkṣva — enjoy; lokam — this world; karma-vinirmitam — manufactured by fruitive activities; yā — one who; hi — certainly; me — my; pṛtanā — soldiers; yuktā — helped by; prajā-nāśam — annihilation of the living entities; praṇeṣyasi — you shall carry out without any hindrance.

 

TRANSLATION

 

This world is a product of fruitive activities. Therefore you may imperceptibly attack people in general. Helped by my soldiers, you can kill them without opposition.

 

4.27.30

prajvāro 'yaḿ mama bhrātā

tvaḿ ca me bhaginī bhava

carāmy ubhābhyāḿ loke 'sminn

avyakto bhīma-sainikaḥ

 

prajvāraḥ — named Prajvāra; ayam — this; mama — my; bhrātā — brother; tvam — you; ca — also; me — my; bhaginī — sister; bhava — become; carāmi — I shall go about; ubhābhyām — by both of you; loke — in the world; asmin — this; avyaktaḥ — without being manifest; bhīma — dangerous; sainikaḥ — with soldiers.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The King of the Yavanas continued: Here is my brother Prajvāra. I now accept you as my sister. I shall employ both of you, as well as my dangerous soldiers, to act imperceptibly within this world.