838 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 16

sacrifice by rewarding them properly and stopping further procedure of the
sacrifice. In the ceremony, Mahamuni Vyasadeva also was present, and he
personally narrated the history of the Battle of Kuruksetra before the
King. Later on by the order of Vyasadeva, his disciple Vaisampayana
narrated before the King the subject matter of Mahabharata. He was much
affected by his great father’s untimely death and was very anxious to see
him again, and he expressed his desire before the great sage Vyasadeva.
Vyasadeva also fulfilled his desire. His father was present before him, and
he worshiped both his father and Vyasadeva with great respect and pomp.
Being fully satisfied, he made charities most munificently to the brahmanas
present in the sacrifice.

TEXT 3

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ajaharasva-medhams trin
gangayam bhuri-daksinan -

Saradvatam gurum krtva
deva yatraksi-gocarah

ajahara— performed ;asva-medhan—horse sacrifices; trin— three; gangayam
—the bank of the Ganges; bhiri—sufficiently; daksinan—rewards;
Saradvatam—unto Krpacarya; gurum—spiritual master; krtva—having se-
lected; devah—the demigods; yatra—wherein; aksi—eyes; gocarah—within
the purview.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit, after having selected Krpacarya for guidance as his
spiritual master, performed three horse sacrifices on the banks of the
Ganges. These were executed with sufficient rewards for the attendants.
And at these sacrifices, even the common man could see demigods.

PURPORT

It appears from this verse that interplanetary travel by the denizens
of higher planets is easy. In many statements in Bhagavatam, we have
observed that the demigods from heaven used to visit this earth to attend
