Srimad Bhagavatam — Chaturtha Skandha, Shloka 20
The Fall of Purañjana and the Supersoul as the Eternal Friend
Purañjana-Upākhyāna Culmination
प्रबोधयति माविज्ञं व्युषिते शोककर्शिता । वर्त्मैतद् गृहमेधीयं वीरसूरपि नेष्यति ॥ २० ॥
prabodhayati māvijñaṁ vyuṣite śoka-karśitā vartmaitad gṛha-medhīyaṁ vīra-sūr api neṣyati
Raja Purañjana terus berpikir: “Ketika aku kebingungan, dialah yang menasihatiku dan menyadarkanku; ketika aku jauh dari rumah, ia merana karena duka. Walau ia ibu dari banyak putra yang gagah, aku tetap takut ia tidak sanggup memikul tanggung jawab urusan rumah tangga ini.”
At the time of death King Purañjana was thinking of his wife, and this is called polluted consciousness. As Lord Kṛṣṇa explains in Bhagavad-gītā (15.7) :
FAQs
This verse says that the gṛhamedhī path binds one through attachment and lamentation—so powerful that even a heroic person becomes carried away by it.
In the Purañjana allegory, her attempt to awaken him depicts the conditioned soul’s blindness at death—clinging to the body and relationships even when life has already departed.
Cultivate remembrance of the soul and devotion to Bhagavān alongside duties, so that relationships and responsibilities do not become sources of bondage and overwhelming grief.