Mysteries of the Vedas (Caitanya Chandra Dasa)
Mysteries of the Vedas
Purañjana abandons his intelligence and hunts in the forest (Srimad Bhagavatam #69)
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Purañjana abandons his intelligence and hunts in the forest (Srimad Bhagavatam #69)

In the allegory, the queen represents one's intelligence. Now Purañjana leaves it behind and performs sinful activities accompanied by only his mind.
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Purañjana left his queen and went to hunt in the forest. This part of the allegory illustrates the situation of a man who abandons his good sense and goes to perform sinful activities guided just by his senses and the desires of the mind. In the allegory, the queen represents one's intelligence, which may be imperfect and propense to materialistic activities, but that at least offers a degree of piety, religiousness, and morals to guide these activities. Purañjana was already entangled in material life by following his intelligence, but now, without it he becomes busy in simply performing gross sinful activities.

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