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King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
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TRANSLATION
In this way, King Indra, in order to steal the horse from King Pṛthu's sacrifice, adopted several orders of  sannyāsa . Some of these  sannyāsīs  go naked, and sometimes they wear red garments and pass under the name of  kāpālika . These are simply symbolic representations of their sinful activities. These so-called  sannyāsīs  are very much appreciated by sinful men because they are all godless atheists and very expert in putting forward arguments and reasons to support their case. We must know, however, that they are only passing as adherents of religion and are not so in fact. Unfortunately, bewildered persons accept them as religious, and being attracted to them, they spoil their life.
PURPORT
As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , men in this age of Kali are short-lived, devoid of spiritual knowledge, and susceptible to accept false religious systems due to their unfortunate condition. Thus they always remain mentally disturbed. The Vedic  śāstras  practically prohibit the adoption of  sannyāsa  in the age of Kali because less intelligent men may accept the  sannyāsa  order for cheating purposes. Actually the only religion is the religion of surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We must serve the Lord in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness. All other systems of  sannyāsa  and religion are actually not bona fide. In this age they are simply passing for religious systems. This is most regrettable.
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तदभिज्ञाय भगवान् पृथुः पृथुपराक्रमः ।
इन्द्राय कुपितो शणपादत्तोद्यतकार्मुकः ॥२६॥
tad abhijñāya bhagavān pṛthuḥ pṛthu-parākramaḥ indrāya kupita bāṇam ādattodyata-kārmukaḥ
tat—that; abhijñāya—understanding; bhagavān—the incarnation of God-head; pṛthuḥ—King Pṛthu; pṛthu-parākramaḥ—celebrated as very powerful; indrāya—upon Indra; kupitaḥ—being very angry; bāṇam—an arrow; ādatta—took up; udyata—having taken up; kārmukaḥ—the bow.