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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 4 ]
taiḥ —by them;  alāta-āyudhaiḥ —with weapons of fire brands;  sarve —all;  pramathāḥ —the ghosts;  saha-guhyakāḥ —along with the Guhyakas;  hanyamānāḥ —being attacked;  diśaḥ —in different directions;  bhejuḥ —fled;  uśadbhiḥ —glowing;  brahma-tejasā —by brahminical power.
TRANSLATION
When the Rbhu demigods attacked the ghosts and Guhyakas with half-burned fuel from the yajña fire, all these attendants of Satī fled in different directions and disappeared. This was possible simply because of brahma-tejaḥ, brahminical power.
PURPORT
The word  brahma-tejasā , used in this verse, is significant. In those days  brāhmaṇas  were so powerful that simply by desiring and by chanting a Vedic  mantra , they could accomplish very wonderful effects. But in the present age of degradation there are no such  brāhmaṇas . According to the  Pañcarātrika  system, in this age the entire population is supposed to consist of  śūdras  because the brahminical culture has been lost. But if anyone displays the signs of understanding Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he should be accepted, according to Vaiṣṇava  smṛti  regulations, as a prospective  brāhmaṇa  and should be given all facilities to achieve the highest perfection. The most magnanimous gift of Lord Caitanya is that the highest perfection of life is available in this fallen age if one simply adopts the process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, which is able to bring about the fulfillment of all activities in self-realization.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Fourth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Satī Quits Her Body.”