Pracinabarhisat Attains Perfection

Chapter 29

Pracinabarhisat humbly admitted that he didn’t completely understand the deep purport of the story. Narada Muni thus elaborated on the allegory and comprehensively detailed how the conditioned soul becomes entangled in material life. Narada thus urged the King to renounce material activity and cultivate his spiritual life.

He then narrated the allegory of a deer to invoke a further sense of urgency within Pracinabarhisat – the deer is grazing and enjoying the charming atmosphere, completely oblivious to the fact that a tiger is about to devour it. Narada reminded him that death was fast approaching, and his consciousness at that crucial hour would determine his next life situation. He specifically explained how the subtle body carries the soul to its next destination.

When the King submitted that his illusion was over, Narada Muni happily left for Siddhaloka. Pracinabarhisat then handed over the kingdom to his sons and went to Kapilasrama to pursue spiritual perfection, which he eventually attained.