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# P – Pracinabarhisat, Pracetas and Puranjana (24-31)

*Maharaja Pracinabarhisat appeared in the lineage of Prthu. While his sons, the Pracetas, were performing austerities in the water, he was busily engaged in mundane, material affairs. Narada Muni appeared on the scene and spiritually enlightened him through an allegory involving a character named Puranjana (the soul), who resides within the city of nine gates (the body). The powerful story instigated a profound existential awakening within the King, who realised how materially entrenched he had become.*


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