Text 23] Questions by Vidura 23
TRANSLATION
On the bank of the River Sarasvati there were eleven places of
pilgrimage, namely, (1) Trita, (2) Usana, (3) Manu, (4) Prthu, (5) Agni,
(6) Asita, (7) Vayu, (8) Sudasa, (9) Go, (10) Guha and (11) Sraddhadeva.
Vidura visited all of them and duly performed rituals.
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anyani ceha dvija-deva-devaih
krtani nanayatanani visnoh
pratyanga-mukh yankita-mandirani
yad-darsanat krsnam anusmaranti
anyani— others; ca—also; iha—here; dvija-deva—great sages; devaih—by
demigods; krtani—established by; nana—various; ayatanani—various forms;
visnoh—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prati—each and every;
anga—part; mukhya—the chief; ankita— marked; mandirani— temples; yat—
which; darsanat—by seeing from a distance; krsnam—the original Person-
ality of Godhead; anusmaranti—constantly remembers.
TRANSLATION
There were also many other temples of various forms of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead Visnu, established by great sages and demigods.
These temples were marked with the chief emblems of the Lord, and they
reminded one always of the original Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna.
PURPORT
Human society is divided into four social orders of life and four divi-
sions, applying to each and every individual person. This system is called
varnasrama-dharma and has already been discussed in many places in this
great literature. The sages, or persons who completely devoted themselves
to the spiritual upliftment of the entire human society, were known as
dvija-deva, the best amongst the twice-born. The denizens of superior
planets, from the moon planet and upwards, were known as devas. Both
