Mysteries of the Vedas (Caitanya Chandra Dasa)
Mysteries of the Vedas
Purañjana comes to the path of devotional service (Srimad Bhagavatam #72)
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Purañjana comes to the path of devotional service (Srimad Bhagavatam #72)

After taking his next birth as a woman, Purañjana finally comes to the path of devotional service. The deeper explanation of the text revealed by Prabhupada.

Just as in the first part of the allegory, Srila Prabhupada adds a completely new layer of understanding to the passage of Purañjana taking his next birth as a woman.

From verse 4.28.29 to 4.28.34, Prabhupada shows how the allegory describes the spread of the cult of bhakti, and how Vaidarbhī became involved in it as a result of her short devotional practice in her previous life as Purañjana. This meaning was first revealed by Srila Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa in his commentary, and Prabhupada further expanded it to our contemporary context.

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