Text 48] King Purūravā Enchanted by Urvaśi
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consisting of all Vedic  mantras ;  devaḥ —the Lord, God;  nārāyaṇaḥ —only Nārāyaṇa (was worshipable in the Satya-yuga);  na anyaḥ —no other;  ekaḥ agniḥ —one division only for  agni ;  varṇaḥ —order of life;  eva ca —and certainly.
TRANSLATION
In the Satya-yuga, the first millennium, all the Vedic  mantras  were included in one  mantra — praṇava , the root of all Vedic  mantras . In other words, the Atharva Veda alone was the source of all Vedic knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa was the only worshipable Deity; there was no recommendation for worship of the demigods. Fire was one only, and the only order of life in human society was known as  haṁsa .
PURPORT
In Satya-yuga there was only one  Veda , not four. Later, before the beginning of Kali-yuga, this one  Veda , the  Atharva Veda  (or, some say, the  Yajur Veda ), was divided into four— Sāma ,  Yajur ,  Rg  and  Atharva —for the facility of human society. In Satya-yuga the only  mantra  was  oṁkāra  ( oṁ tat sat ). The same name  oṁkāra  is manifest in the  mantra  Hare Krṣṇa, Hare Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa Krṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Unless one is a  brāhmaṇa , one cannot utter  oṁkāra  and get the desired result. But in Kali-yuga almost everyone is a  śūdra , unfit for pronouncing the  praṇava ,  oṁkāra . Therefore the  śāstras  have recommended the chanting of the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra .  Oṁkāra  is a  mantra , or  mahā-mantra , and Hare Krṣṇa is also a  mahā-mantra . The purpose of pronouncing  oṁkāra  is to address the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva ( oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ). And the purpose of chanting the Hare Krṣṇa  mantra  is the same.  Hare : “O energy of the Lord!”  Krṣṇa : “O Lord Krṣṇa!”  Hare : “O energy of the Lord!”  Rāma : “O Supreme Lord, O supreme enjoyer!” The only worshipable Lord is Hari, who is the goal of the  Vedas  ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ). By worshiping the demigods, one worships the different parts of the Lord, just as one might water the branches and twigs of a tree. But worshiping Nārāyaṇa, the all-inclusive Supreme Personality of Godhead, is like pouring water on the root of the tree, thus