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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 28: Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.6
kripano vishayātmakah
nashta-prajño hritaiśvaryo
SYNONYMS
kanyā — by the daughter of Time; upagūdhah — being embraced; nashta-śrīh — bereft of all beauty; kripanah — miser; vishaya-ātmakah — addicted to sense gratification; nashta-prajñah — bereft of intelligence; hrita-aiśvaryah — bereft of opulence; gandharva — by the Gandharvas; yavanaih — and by the Yavanas; balāt — by force.
TRANSLATION
When King Purañjana was embraced by Kālakanyā, he gradually lost all his beauty. Having been too much addicted to sex, he became very poor in intelligence and lost all his opulence. Being bereft of all possessions, he was conquered forcibly by the Gandharvas and the Yavanas.
PURPORT
When a person is attacked by the invalidity of old age and is still addicted to sense gratification, he gradually loses all his personal beauty, intelligence and good possessions. He thus cannot resist the forceful attack of the daughter of Time.
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