Srimad Bhagavatam — Chaturtha Skandha, Shloka 28
The Fall of Purañjana and the Supersoul as the Eternal Friend
Purañjana-Upākhyāna Culmination
तामेव मनसा गृह्णन् बभूव प्रमदोत्तमा । अनन्तरं विदर्भस्य राजसिंहस्य वेश्मनि ॥ २८ ॥
tām eva manasā gṛhṇan babhūva pramadottamā anantaraṁ vidarbhasya rāja-siṁhasya veśmani
ກະສັດປຸຣັນຊະນະລະທິ້ງຮ່າງກາຍໂດຍລະລຶກເຖິງພັນລະຍາ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນໃນຊາດຕໍ່ໄປ ລາວເກີດເປັນສະຕຣີຜູ້ງາມຍິ່ງ ແລະມີຖານະດີ ເປັນທິດາໃນເຮືອນຂອງກະສັດວິທັຣພະ
Since King Purañjana thought of his wife at the time of death, he attained the body of a woman in his next birth. This verifies the following verse in Bhagavad-gītā (8.6) :
FAQs
This verse shows that one’s next embodiment follows one’s final, dominant mental absorption—here, by meditating on her, he attains a female birth and appears in the Vidarbha king’s palace.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates the allegory of King Purañjana, explaining how attachment and mental fixation shape the soul’s next situation in saṁsāra.
Train the mind daily toward higher remembrance—especially devotion to Bhagavān—because habitual contemplation becomes decisive in crisis and at life’s end.