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The Killing of the Demon Trṇāvarta
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ing what is Brahman ( brahma jānātīti brāhmaṇaḥ ). One who is  brahma-bhūta  is always happy ( prasannātmā ).  Na śocati na kārikṣati : he is never disturbed about material necessities.  Samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu : he is ready to bestow blessings upon everyone equally.  Mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām : then he becomes a Vaiṣṇava. In this age, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura introduced the sacred thread ceremony for his Vaiṣṇava disciples, with the idea that people should understand that when one becomes a Vaiṣṇava he has already acquired the qualifications of a  brāhmaṇa . Therefore in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, those who are twice initiated so as to become  brāhmaṇas  must bear in mind their great responsibility to be truthful, control the mind and senses, be tolerant, and so on. Then their life will be successful. It was such  brāhmaṇas  that Nanda Mahārāja invited to chant the Vedic hymns, not ordinary  brāhmaṇas . Verse thirteen distinctly mentions  hiṁsā-māna . The word  māna  refers to false prestige or false pride. Those who were falsely proud, thinking that they were  brāhmaṇas  because they were born in  brāhmaṇa  families, were never invited by Nanda Mahārāja on such occasions.
Verse fourteen mentions  pavitrauṣadhi . In any ritualistic ceremony, many herbs and leaves were required. These were known as  pavitra-patra . Sometimes there were  nimba  leaves, sometimes bael leaves, mango leaves,  aśvattha  leaves or  āmalakī  leaves. Similarly, there were  pañca-gavya ,  pañca-śasya  and  pañca-ratna . Although Nanda Mahārāja belonged to the  vaiśya  community, everything was known to him.
The most important word in these verses is  mahā-guṇam , indicating that the  brāhmaṇas  were offered very palatable food of exalted quality. Such palatable dishes were generally prepared with two things, namely food grains and milk products.  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.44) therefore enjoins that human society must give protection to the cows and encourage agriculture ( kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśya-karma svabhāvajam ). Simply by expert cooking, hundreds and thousands of palatable dishes can be prepared from agricultural produce and milk products. This is indicated here by the words  annaṁ mahā-guṇam . Still today in India, from these two things, namely food grains and milk, hundreds and thousands of varieties of food are prepared, and then they are offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ( Catur-vidha-śrī-bhagavat-prasāda. Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati. ) Then the  prasāda  is