मृत्युको भयलाई कसरी जित्ने? HG Pancajanya Das | SB 4.28.11-12

मृत्युको भयलाई कसरी जित्ने? HG Pancajanya Das | SB 4.28.11-12 Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Pancajanya Das on 5th September 2025 at ISKCON Budhanilkantha Kathmandu Nepal. Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 : The Creation of the Fourth Order - Chapter 28 : Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life ŚB 4.28.11 भयनाम्नोऽग्रजो भ्राता प्रज्वार: प्रत्युपस्थित: । ददाह तां पुरीं कृत्‍स्‍नां भ्रातु: प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥ ११ ॥ bhaya-nāmno ’grajo bhrātā prajvāraḥ pratyupasthitaḥ dadāha tāṁ purīṁ kṛtsnāṁ bhrātuḥ priya-cikīrṣayā Synonyms bhaya-nāmnaḥ — of Bhaya (Fear); agra-jaḥ — elder; bhrātā — brother; prajvāraḥ — named Prajvāra; pratyupasthitaḥ — being present there; dadāha — set fire; tām — to that; purīm — city; kṛtsnām — wholesale; bhrātuḥ — his brother; priya-cikīrṣayā — in order to please. Translation Under the circumstances, the elder brother of Yavana-rāja, known as Prajvāra, set fire to the city to please his younger brother, whose other name is fear itself. Purport According to the Vedic system, a dead body is set on fire, but before death there is another fire, or fever, which is called prajvāra, or viṣṇu-jvāra. Medical science verifies that when one’s temperature is raised to 107 degrees, a man immediately dies. This prajvāra, or high fever, at the last stage of life places the living entity in the midst of a blazing fire. ŚB 4.28.12 तस्यां सन्दह्यमानायां सपौर: सपरिच्छद: । कौटुम्बिक: कुटुम्बिन्या उपातप्यत सान्वय: ॥ १२ ॥ tasyāṁ sandahyamānāyāṁ sapauraḥ saparicchadaḥ kauṭumbikaḥ kuṭumbinyā upātapyata sānvayaḥ Synonyms tasyām — when that city; sandahyamānāyām — was ablaze; sa-pauraḥ — along with all the citizens; sa-paricchadaḥ — along with all servants and followers; kauṭumbikaḥ — the King, having so many relatives; kuṭumbinyā — along with his wife; upātapyata — began to suffer the heat of the fire; sa-anvayaḥ — along with descendants. Translation When the city was set ablaze, all the citizens and servants of the King, as well as all family members, sons, grandsons, wives and other relatives, were within the fire. King Purañjana thus became very unhappy. Purport There are many parts of the body — the senses, the limbs, the skin, the muscles, blood, marrow, etc. — and all these are considered here figuratively as sons, grandsons, citizens and dependents. When the body is attacked by the viṣṇu-jvāra, the fiery condition becomes so acute that sometimes one remains in a coma. This means that the body is in such severe pain that one becomes unconscious and cannot feel the miseries taking place within the body. Indeed, the living entity becomes so helpless at the time of death that, although unwilling, he is forced to give up the body and enter another. In Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that man may, by scientific advancement, improve the temporary living conditions, but that he cannot avoid the pangs of birth, old age, disease and death. These are under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through the agency of material nature. A foolish person cannot understand this simple fact. Now people are very busy trying to find petroleum in the midst of the ocean. They are very anxious to make provisions for the future petroleum supply, but they do not make any attempts to ameliorate the conditions of birth, old age, disease and death. Thus a person in ignorance, not knowing anything about his own future life, is certainly defeated in all his activities.