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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.27.15
ते चण्डवेगानुचरा: पुरञ्जनपुरं यदा ।
हर्तुमारेभिरे तत्र प्रत्यषेधत्प्रजागर: ॥ १५ ॥
te caṇḍavegānucarāḥ
purañjana-puraṁ yadā
hartum ārebhire tatra
pratyaṣedhat prajāgaraḥ
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.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The five-hooded snake defends Purañjana's city when Caṇḍavega and his followers attack. The purport explains this serpent in terms of bodily life air and energy.
The five kinds of air are prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna and samāna. Even when the body is inactive in sleep, the life air remains active.
The purport describes bodily energy as becoming fatigued after fifty years. Continuing to work for sense gratification then requires increasing strain.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Worldly absorption → Sobering awareness. The mind's identification with material life becomes visible.
Chapters 24–29 of Canto 4: Śiva's song and the allegory of Purañjana. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc
Purañjana grows deeply attached to family while Caṇḍavega’s soldiers attack his city.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.27Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “king”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “sense gratification”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I treat my present bodily energy as though it will always remain unchanged?
Take one minute today to acknowledge that your bodily strength is limited rather than assuming it will last indefinitely.
The story this chapter belongs to.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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