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TEXT 42
tatah parinate kale
pratisthana-patih prabhuh
pururavasa utsrjya
gam putraya gato vanam
SYNONYMS
tatahthereafter; parinate kalewhen the time was ripe; pratisthana-patihthe master of the kingdom; prabhuhvery powerful; pururavaseunto Pururava; utsrjyadelivering; gamthe world; putrayaunto his son; gatahdeparted; vanamto the forest.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when the time was ripe, when Sudyumna, the king of the world, was sufficiently old, he delivered the entire kingdom to his son Pururava and entered the forest.
PURPORT
According to the Vedic system, one within the institution of varna and asrama must leave his family life after he reaches fifty years of age (pancasad urdhvam vanam vrajet). Thus Sudyumna followed the prescribed regulations of varnasrama by leaving the kingdom and going to the forest to complete his spiritual life.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, First Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman.
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