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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.27.9
पुत्राणां चाभवन्पुत्रा एकैकस्य शतं शतम् ।
यैर्वै पौरञ्जनो वंश: पञ्चालेषु समेधित: ॥ ९ ॥
putrāṇāṁ cābhavan putrā
ekaikasya śataṁ śatam
yair vai paurañjano vaṁśaḥ
pañcāleṣu samedhitaḥ
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.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Purañjana represents the living entity, and Pañcāla represents the body, the field of activity. By a little contemplation, one can understand that the body is one’s possession, not oneself.
The sons and grandsons represent the many actions and reactions created within material life. Both pious and impious activities add further layers of material involvement.
Sense gratification keeps the living entity moving from one body to another. The cycle continues through lack of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and knowledge of the soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of SB 4.27.9 quotesBG 2.13
In Bhagavad-gītā (2.13) it is said, dehino ’smin yathā dehe: the proprietor of the body, the soul, is within the body.
The purport of SB 4.27.9 quotesSB 7.9.45
As stated by Prahlāda Mahārāja, yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham.
The purport of SB 4.27.9 quotesBG 8.19
This process is explained in Bhagavad-gītā (8.19) as repeated creation and annihilation: bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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.
Visarga · Subcreation
How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “sense gratification”, “material”
Jñāna · Spiritual insight
Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “knowledge”, “understand”
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.27
In this verse: “king”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering that I am the soul, not the body, change one choice today?
Spend two quiet minutes contemplating: “The body is my possession; I am the soul within it.”
The story this chapter belongs to.
Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.
The purport quotesSB 7.9.45
Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 4.27's connections
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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