Text 6] The Residents of Jambūdvīpa Offer Prayers
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TEXT 6
वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान् 
    रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रहः । 
    प्रत्याददे वै क्वयेऽभियाचते 
    तस्मै नमस्तेऽवितथेहिताय इति ॥ ६ ॥
vedān yugānte tamasā tiraskṛtān 
    rasātalād yo nṛ-turaṅga-vigrahaḥ 
    pratyādade vai kavaye 'bhiyācate 
    tasmai namas te 'vitathehitāya iti
vedān—the four Vedas; yuga-ante—at the end of the millennium; tamasā—by the demon of ignorance personified; tiraskṛtān—stolen away; rasātalāt—from the lowest planetary system (Rasātala); yaḥ—who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nṛ-turaṅga-vigrahaḥ—assuming the form of half-horse, half-man; pratyādade—returned; vai—indeed; kavaye—to the supreme poet (Lord Brahmā); abhiyācate—when he asked for them; tasmai—unto Him (the form of Hayagrīva); namaḥ—my respectful obeisances; te—to You; avitatha-īhitāya—whose resolution never fails; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the Vedas and took them down to the planet of Rasātala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of Hayagrīva retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahmā when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.
PURPORT
Although Vedic knowledge is imperishable, within this material world it is sometimes manifest and sometimes not. When the people of this material world become too absorbed in ignorance, the Vedic knowledge disappears. Lord Hayagrīva or Lord Matsya, however, always protects