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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 14]
is considered to be important. Therefore, the  brāhmaṇa  Vaiṣṇava is important, and, above all, the Supersoul, the Personality of Godhead, is the most important personality.
TEXT 39
दृष्ट्वा तेषां मिथो नृणामवज्ञानात्मतां नृप । त्रेतादिषु हरेरर्चा क्रियायै कविभिः कृता ॥३९॥
dṛṣṭvā teṣām mitho nṛṇām avajñānātmatām nṛpa tretādiṣu harer arcā kriyāyai kavibhiḥ kṛtā
dṛṣṭvā —after practically seeing;  teṣām —among the  brāhmaṇas  and  Vaiṣṇavas ;  mithaḥ —mutually;  nṛṇām —of human society;  avajñāna-ātmatām —the mutually disrespectful behavior;  nṛpa —O King;  tretā-ādiṣu —beginning from Tretā-yuga;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  arcā —the Deity worship (in the temple);  kriyāyai —for the purpose of introducing the method of worship;  kavibhiḥ —by learned persons;  kṛtā —has been done.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of Tretā-yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia.
PURPORT
As it is said in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (12.3.52):
kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇum tretāyām yajato makhaiḥ dvāpare paricaryāyām kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt
“Whatever result one obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the