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glory of the Supreme Lord, who is the Inner Ruler of all beings, and who is like ether present
everywhere. They fail to grasp the true spirit of the Vedas and distort the texts to suit their own ends,
wishes and fancies and interpret them in their own way in order to serve their purpose.
 To associate with females, to take meat and drink liquor are natural to men. No rule enjoins
them to do so. Some check is provided by the Sastras over these tendencies by marriage and
sacrifices. To go to a woman in marriage, to slay animals in sacrifice and to drink in the Suragriha
ceremony, are sanctioned by scriptures, but to turn them away from these completely which is the
real intention of the Sastras. As it is difficult to wean the mind from these all on a sudden, the Sastras
say,  Take flesh in a sacrifice. Drink in the Suragriha ceremony etc.
 People do not perceive that the sole, proper use of wealth is to acquire righteousness, and
by righteousness, knowledge and tranquillity. They waste their wealth in selfish and sensual desires
and do not see that they are at any time within the grasp of death which hovers all around them.
 In particular actions, the smell of wine is sanctioned. The sacrifice of an animal for the
adoration of the deities is sanctioned, but not for satisfying the tongue. There is no sanction in the
Sastras to take meat. To visit one s wife at the Ritu time for the sake of an issue is sanctioned, but
not for pleasure; but people do not understand this pure course of their righteous duties.
 The animals which an ignorant, wicked, haughty, proud and impious man slays for
satisfying his palate, devour him in hell.
 They hate Lord Hari who is their own Antaryamin or Inner Ruler and Atman in the other
bodies. They are attached to their own bodies and the bodies of their children, and others. Therefore
they fall into deepest hell.
 Those who have not attained knowledge of the Self and have full faith in
Dharma-Artha-Kama only, who believe that the body and its belongings are permanent, annihilate
their own Self.
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 They indulge in sensual pleasures. Their desires never get appeased. They kill their own
self and consider ignorance as wisdom. In time they get disappointed in their desires. Their objects
get frustrated and they become miserable when they become unsuccessful.
 Those people who disregard Vaasudeva are snatched away by death in the midst of their
desires all of a sudden from their family. They are forced to give up their houses, children, friends
and wealth which they accumulated with great pain and trouble. They are reluctantly thrown into
the hell of darkness.
Karabhajana Instructs
The king Nimi said:  By what name and form and with what rites is the Lord worshipped in
the different Yugas? Please tell me of the same.
Karabhajana said:  O king, in the four ages of Satya (Krita), Treta, Dvapara and Kali,
Narayana is worshipped in diverse ways as having personalities of different hues, names, forms and
orders.
 In Satya Yuga the Lord is of white complexion. He has four arms, wears matted locks, bark
and deer skin, and the sacred thread and holds Rudraksha, staff and Kamandalu.
 In that age men are tranquil in mind, have no feeling of enmity or hatred. All are friends
and equals. They propitiate the Lord by their penance, meditation and control of mind and the
senses.
 In this age the Lord is styled as Swan (Hamsa), Suparna, Vaikunta, Dharma, Yogesvara,
Amala (pure), Isvara, Purusha, Avyakta (unmanifest) and Paramatman.
 In the Treta age He is blood-red, four armed, has three lines on his forehead and golden
locks. The Lord, who is the one purport of the Vedas is an embodiment of the sacrificed. He is
worshipped as the Lord of sacrifices. Sruk (chaplet) and Sruva (ladle) are His special marks.
 In that age men adore the Lord Hari who is in the form of all the gods with the help of the
Vedas. They observe rigidly the course of righteousness, read and expound the Vedas. They
propitiate Him by sacrifices, imagining Him in all Devas. In this age, the Lord Hari is styled as
Vishnu, Yajna, Prisnigarbha (the son of Prisni), Sarvadeva Uru Krama, Vrishakapi, Jayanta and
Urugaya.
 In the age of Dvapara the Lord is dark-blue, is clad in yellow silk and is marked with His
own weapons and distinguished with special marks such as Srivatsa. O king! In that age, being
desirous of realising Para Brahman the mortals worship Him as the great king according to the rules
of the Vedas and Tantra.
 Salutations unto Thee, the Vasudeva; salutations unto Sankarshana; salutations unto Thee
who are the Divine Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Salutations unto Narayana, the Almighty One, the
Rishi, the Perfect Purusha, the All-pervading great Atman, the Ruler of the universe, the Perfect
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One; salutations to the Antaryamin of all beings, the soul of all creatures, the Lord of the universe.
In this manner O king! In the Dvapara, the mortals praise the Lord of the universe.
 Hear how in Kali they worship Him by various ways laid down in Tantras. The wise sing
His glories adore Him who is black, yet brilliant, perfect in every limb, adorned with ornaments,
equipped with His weapons and waited on by His attendants.
 O most exalted Purusha, O protector of those who bow to Thee, I bow to Thy lotus-feet
which are ever worthy of being meditated upon, which remove all difficulties, which yield all that is
wished for, which are the abode of all piety, which are eulogised by Siva and Brahma, which are fit
to be sought for refuge, which destroy the afflictions of Thy devoted servants and which form the [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]