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> > > What is the meaning of the last sentance of this purport? What is the

> > > necessity Srila Prabhupada speaks about? Any examples when and how the

> > > Vedic literature is described in terms of laksana vritti?

> >

> > The allegorical account of King Puranjana in the SB, perhaps?

> >

> > ys, jdd

>

> Prabhupada gives an example somewhere of a justified interpretation that

> the "house on the river" must be understood to mean the house on the bank

> of the river. I can unfortunately not locate that passage just now.

 

Yes, that's the first thing that came to my mind. But upon thinking about it

for a sec I realized it was not a relative example. Such interpretation of

sastra is an authorized one and gives a solid, permanent explanation. In the

purport I quoted, Srila Prabhupada says "but one should not

accept such explanations as permanent truths."