146
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 4]
TRANSLATION
While people were talking among themselves about the wonderful voluntary death of Satī, the attendants who came with her readied themselves to kill Dakṣa with their weapons.
PURPORT
The attendants who came with Satī were meant to protect her from calamities, but since they were unable to protect their master's wife, they decided to die for her, and before dying they wanted to kill Dakṣa. It is the duty of attendants to give protection to their master, and in case of failure it is their duty to die.
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तेषामापतां वेगं निशाम्य भगवान् भृगुः । यज्ञघ्नेन यजुषा दक्षिणाग्नौ जुहाव ह ॥३२॥
teṣām āpatatām vegam   niśāmya bhagavān bhṛguḥ   yajña-ghna-ghnena yajuṣā   dakṣiṇāgnau juhāva ha
teṣām —of them;  āpatatām —who were approaching;  vegam —the impulse;  niśāmya —after seeing;  bhagavān —the possessor of all opulences;  bhṛguḥ —Bhṛgu Muni;  yajña-ghna-ghnena —for killing the destroyers of the  yajña ;  yajuṣā —with hymns of the  Yajur-veda ;  dakṣiṇa-agnau —in the southern side of the sacrificial fire;  juhāva —offered oblations;  ha —certainly.
TRANSLATION
They came forward forcibly, but Bhṛgu Muni saw the danger and, offering oblations into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, immediately uttered mantric hymns from the  Yajur-veda  by which the destroyers of  yajñik  performances could be killed immediately.
PURPORT
Here is one example of powerful hymns in the  Vedas  which, when chanted, could perform wonderful acts. In the present age of Kali it is not possible to find expert  mantra  chanters; therefore all the sacrifices recommended in the  Vedas  are forbidden in this age. The only sacrifice recommended in this age is the chanting of the  Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra  because in this age it is not possible to accumulate the needed funds for performing