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 berfikir: “Ketika aku bingung, dialah yang menasihatiku dan menyedarkanku; ketika aku jauh dari rumah, dia merana kerana duka. Walaupun dia ibu kepada ramai putera yang gagah, aku tetap takut dia tidak mampu memikul tanggungjawab 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.