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Read one verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with its Sanskrit, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 4.28.5
तस्यां प्रपीड्यमानायामभिमानी पुरञ्जन: ।
अवापोरुविधांस्तापान् कुटुम्बी ममताकुल: ॥ ५ ॥
tasyāṁ prapīḍyamānāyām
abhimānī purañjanaḥ
avāporu-vidhāṁs tāpān
kuṭumbī mamatākulaḥ
When the city was thus endangered by the soldiers and Kālakanyā, King Purañjana, being overly absorbed in affection for his family, was placed in difficulty by the attack of Yavana-rāja and Kālakanyā.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Purañjana’s deep attachment to his family adds to his difficulty when the city is attacked.
The body includes not only its physical limbs but also the mind, intelligence and ego. All become weakened by old age and disease.
The living soul is the proprietor of the body, and the body is its field of activities. Disease makes this field difficult to use, like land overgrown with thorns and weeds, while anxiety adds further burdens.
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’s city falls; he becomes a woman, and a brāhmaṇa recalls the soul’s forgotten spiritual friendship.
Back to this verse in chapter 4.28Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.
Ūti · The creative impetus
Why do we act, and what keeps us bound? · Subject 5 of 10
Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership
Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 4.28
In this verse: “king”
Moha · Material attachment
The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 4.28
In this verse: “attachment”
Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does distinguishing the soul from its field of activities change my view of bodily weakness?
Write down this distinction today: the living soul is the proprietor, and the body is the field of activities.
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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