Text 5] The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
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TRANSLATION
O King, by the passing of time, land and other material possessions are purified; by bathing, the body is purified; and by being cleansed, unclean things are purified. By purificatory ceremonies, birth is purified; by austerity, the senses are purified; and by worship and charity offered to the brāhmaṇas, material possessions are purified. By satisfaction, the mind is purified; and by self-realization, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the soul is purified.
PURPORT
These are śāstric injunctions concerning how one can purify everything according to Vedic civilization. Unless purified, anything we use will infect us with contamination. In India five thousand years ago, even in the villages such as that of Nanda Mahārāja, people knew how to purify things, and thus they enjoyed even material life without contamination.
TEXT 5
सौमङ्गल्यगिरो विप्राः सूतमागधवन्दिनः । गायकाश्च जगुर्नेदुर्भेयो दुन्दुभयो मुहुः ॥ ५ ॥
saumaṅgalya-giro viprāḥ sūta-māgadha-vandinaḥ gāyakāś ca jagur nedur bheryo dundubhayo muhuḥ
saumaṅgalya-giraḥ —whose chanting of  mantras  and hymns purified the environment by their vibration;  viprāḥ —the  brāhmaṇas ;  sūta —experts in reciting all the histories;  māgadha —experts in reciting the histories of special royal families;  vandinaḥ —general professional reciters;  gāyakāḥ —singers;  ca —as well as;  jaguḥ —chanted;  neduḥ —vibrated;  bheryaḥ —a kind of musical instrument;  dundubhayaḥ —a kind of musical instrument;  muhuḥ —constantly.
TRANSLATION
The  brāhmaṇas  recited auspicious Vedic hymns, which purified the environment by their vibration. The experts in reciting old