714 Stimad-Bhagavatam [ Canto 4, Ch. 18
minerals, etc. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gitad, the process of yajiia was
instituted from the beginning of creation. By the regular performance of
yajna, the equal distribution of wealth, and the restriction of sense graltifi-
cation, the entire world will be made peaceful and prosperous. As already
mentioned, in this age of Kali the simple performance of satkirtana-yajiia—
the holding of festivals as initiated by the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness—should be introduced in every town and village. Intelligent
men should encourage the performance of safkirtana-yajna by their
personal behavior. This means that they should follow the process of
austerity by restricting themselves from illicit sex life, meat-eating, gambling
and intoxication. If the intelligent men, or the brahmanas of society,
would follow the rules and regulations, certainly the entire face of this
present world, which is in such chaotic condition, would change, and
people would be happy and prosperous.
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mam aeqadtlagaaq aaa |
qed TERT HAT FHSAA BAT gel
rsayo duduhur devim
indriyesv atha sattama
vatsam brhaspatim krtvd
payas chandomayani suci

rsayah—the great sages; duduhuh—milked; devim—the earth; indriyesu—
in the senses; atha—then; setteame—O Vidura; vatsam—the calf; brhaspatim—
the sage Brhaspati; krtvuaé—making; payah—milk; chandah-mayam—in the
form of the Vedic hymns; suwet—pure.

TRANSLATION

All the great sages transformed Brhaspati into a calf, and making the
senses into a pot, they milked all kinds of Vedic knowledge to purify words,
mind and hearing.

PURPORT

Brhaspati is the priest of the heavenly planets. Vedic knowledge was
received in logical order by the great sages through Brhaspati for the bene-
fit of human society, not only on this planet, but throughout the universes.
