752 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 19

brahmanas who can chant the mantras properly. Consequently no attempt
should be made to perform such big sacrifices. In this age the only sacrifice
recommended is the sankirtana movement.

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nal ait qe eT |
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ity @mantrya kratu-patim
vidurdsyartvijo rusd

srug-ghastan juhvato ‘bhyetya
svayambhiih pratyasedhata

iti-thus; dGmantrya—after informing; kratu-patim—King Prthu, the
master of the sacrifice; vidura—O Vidura; asya—of Prthu; rtvijah—the
priests; rus@—in great anger; sruk-hastan—with the sacrificial ladel in hand;
jJuhvatah—performing the fire sacrifice; abhyetya—having begun; svayam-
bhih—Lord Brahma; pratyasedhata—asked them to stop.

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, after giving the King this advice, the priests who had
been engaged in performing the sacrifice called for Indra, the King of
heaven, in a mood of great anger. When they were just ready to put the
oblation on the fire, Lord Brahma appeared on the scene and forbade them
to start the sacrifice.

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aq we Arata gael aT: |
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na vadhyo bhavatam indro
yad yajno bhagavat-tanuh

yam jighamsatha yajnena
yasyestds tanavah surah

na—not; vadhyah—ought to be killed; bhavatam—by all of you; indrah—
the King of heaven; yat—because; yajfiah—a name of Indra; bhagavat-tanuh
—part of the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yam—whom;
