नारद उवाच पुरुषं पुरञ्जनं विद्याद्यद् व्यनक्त्यात्मन: पुरम् । एकद्वित्रिचतुष्पादं बहुपादमपादकम् ॥ २ ॥
narada uvaca purusam puranjanam vidyad yad vyanakty atmanah puram eka-dvi-tri-catus-padam bahu-padam apadakam
- naradah uvaca
- Narada said
- purusam
- the living entity, the enjoyer
- puranjanam
- King Puranjana
- vidyat
- one should know
- yat
- inasmuch as
- vyanakti
- he produces
- atmanah
- of himself
- puram
- dwelling place
- eka
- one
- dvi
- two
- tri
- three
- catuh-padam
- with four legs
- bahu-padam
- with many legs
- apadakam
- without legs.
The great sage Narada Muni continued: You must understand that Puranjana, the living entity, transmigrates according to his own work into different types of bodies, which may be one-legged, two-legged, three-legged, four-legged, many-legged or simply legless. Transmigrating into these various types of bodies, the living entity, as the so-called enjoyer, is known as Puranjana.