Text 23]
Questions by Vidura
23
TRANSLATION
On the bank of the River Sarasvatī there were eleven places of pilgrimage, namely, (1) Trita, (2) Uśanā, (3) Manu, (4) Pṛthu, (5) Agni, (6) Asita, (7) Vāyu, (8) Sudāsa, (9) Go, (10) Guha and (11) Śraddhadeva. Vidura visited all of them and duly performed rituals.
TEXT 23
अन्यानि चेह द्विजदेवदेवैः कृतानि नानायतनानि विष्णोः । अत्यङ्ग्रुष्यङ्कितमन्दिराणि यदर्शनात्कृष्णमनुसरन्ति ॥२३॥
anyāni ceha dvija-deva-devaiḥ kṛtāni nānāyatanāni viṣṇoḥ pratyanga-mukhyānkita-mandirāṇi yad-darśanāt kṛṣṇam anusmaranti
anyāni—others; ca—also; iha—here; dvija-deva—great sages; devaiḥ—by demigods; kṛtāni—established by; nānā—various; āyatanāni—various forms; viṣṇoḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prati—each and every; anga—part; mukhya—the chief; ankita—marked; mandirāṇi—temples; yat—which; darśanāt—by seeing from a distance; kṛṣṇam—the original Personality of Godhead; anusmaranti—constantly remembers.
TRANSLATION
There were also many other temples of various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, established by great sages and demigods. These temples were marked with the chief emblems of the Lord, and they reminded one always of the original Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
Human society is divided into four social orders of life and four divisions, applying to each and every individual person. This system is called varṇāśrama-dharma and has already been discussed in many places in this great literature. The sages, or persons who completely devoted themselves to the spiritual upliftment of the entire human society, were known as dvija-deva, the best amongst the twice-born. The denizens of superior planets, from the moon planet and upwards, were known as devas. Both