Text 23] King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 747

Lord Narayana on the level with Lord Siva or Lord Brahma immediately
becomes a pakhandi. As stated in the Puranas:

yas tu ndraéyanam devam
brahma-rudradi-daivataih
samatvenaiva vikseta
sa pasandi bhaved dhruvam

In Kali-yuga the pakhandis are very prominent. However, Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu has tried to kill all these pakhandis by introducing His
sankirtana movement. Those who take advantage of this sankirtana move-
ment of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will be able
to save themselves from the influence of these pakhandis.

TEXT 23

aft Sait ae EA caterer |
afer Tre aver he fog AVS HEIHAA 112 21

yani riipani jagrhe
indro haya-jihirsaya

tani papasya khandani
lingam khandam ihocyate

yani—all those which; ripani—forms; jagrhe—accepted; indrah—the King
of heaven; haya—the horse; jihirsaya—with a desire to steal; tani—all those;
papasya—of sinful activities; khandani—signs; lingam—the symbol;
khandam—the word khanda; iha—here; ucyate—is said.

TRANSLATION

Whatever different forms Indra assumed as a mendicant because of his
desire to seize the horse were symbols of atheistic philosophy.

PURPORT

According to Vedic civilization, sannyasa is one of the essential items in
the program of the varna-asrama institution. One should accept sannydsa
according to the parampara system of the dcaryas. At the present moment,
however, many so-called sannyasis or mendicants have no understanding of
God consciousness. Such sannydsa was introduced by Indra because of his
