Allegory of King Puranjana (Session 2 of 2) | Old Age, Death and the Friend We Forgot

Session 2 of 2 on the allegory of King Puranjana from the Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 4. It opens on the conditions we have 'subscribed' to without knowing, and why chanting makes them lighter, then Bhagavad-gita 5.23 on tolerating the urges. In the story: the war inside the city of nine gates, the attack of days and nights, Kala-kanya (old age) and the Yavana king, Puranjana's death and rebirth as Vaidarbhi, her service to Malayadhvaja, and the return of Avijnata, the friend she never knew: 'We were two swans.' With Narada Muni's verses (4.28.55–63) on the soul as Krishna's reflection. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:18 Subscribed to conditions 1:59 You can't unsubscribe from old age 4:48 Hidden subscriptions 5:29 Trying to be the master 7:09 Bhakti is simple 10:14 Bhagavad-gita 5.23 12:56 The rare human body 15:34 The force of vegam 17:25 Intelligence that serves the urges 19:47 War inside 21:12 Fragmented inside 23:31 Never marry illusion 25:33 Days and nights at war 27:40 Friends at the gates 29:28 Everyone's story 31:32 Kala-kanya and the Yavana king 32:47 Old age can't defeat a devotee 35:04 The attack 37:41 Reborn as Vaidarbhi 38:43 The friend she never knew 42:28 You left me for the city 45:50 Neither man nor woman 49:00 A reflection in the mirror 51:55 Lost in names and forms 55:53 Kartik, the month of Radharani