The story of King Puranjana starts here. This imparts subtle Knowledge through a very simple story. Each Sloka has to be understood with clarity.

Sage Narada said, “Oh King, there was a king Puranjana who was as famous as you are. He had a friend whose name and deeds were unknown to all others”.

Note – here, ‘Puram’ means the body and ‘Puranjanan’ is the one that gives birth to the body – it is none other than the mind or the Jeevathma that takes different births through different bodies. His friend who is unknown to all others is the Lord Himself. Who knows the infinite names and nature of the Lord?

God is called ‘the friend’, because without God nothing is possible for us.

As a successful king engaged in constant war with the help of an army and the army chiefs, mind is engaged and wins in all the activities done by the body with the help of sensory organs. If it fails, the body falls down dead.