Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
पञ्चेन्द्रियार्था आरामा द्वार: प्राणा नव प्रभो । तेजोऽबन्नानि कोष्ठानि कुलमिन्द्रियसङ्ग्रह: ॥ ५७ ॥
Transliteration
pañcendriyārthā ārāmā dvāraḥ prāṇā nava prabho tejo-’b-annāni koṣṭhāni kulam indriya-saṅgrahaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
pañca — five; indriya-arthāḥ — sense objects; ārāmāḥ — the gardens; dvāraḥ — gates; prāṇāḥ — apertures of the senses; nava — nine; prabho — O King; tejaḥ-ap — fire, water; annāni — food grains or earth; koṣṭhāni — apartments; kulam — families; indriya-saṅgrahaḥ — five senses and the mind.
Translation
“My dear friend, the five gardens are the five objects of sense enjoyment, and the protector is the life air, which passes through the nine gates. The three apartments are the chief ingredients — fire, water and earth. The six families are the aggregate total of the mind and five senses.”