Text 37] King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 759

cause she is the chaste wife of Lord Siva. Lord Siva is also a great Vaisnava
and never eats nonvegetarian food, and the goddess Kali accepts the
remnants of food left by Lord Siva. Therefore there is no possibility of her
ealing flesh or fish. Such offerings are accepted by the associates of goddess
Kali known as bhittas, pisacasand Raksasas, and those who take the prasada
of goddess Kali in the shape of flesh or fish are not actually taking the
prasdda left by goddess Kali, but the food left by the bhittas and pisacas.

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bhavan paritratum ihavatirno
dharmam jananam samaydnuripam

vendpacarad avaluplam adya
tad-dehato visnu-kalasi vainya

bhavan—Your Majesty; paritratum—just to deliver; iha—in this world;
avatirnah—incarnated; dharmam—religious system; janadnam—of the people
in general; samaya-anuripam—according to the time and circumstances;
vena-apacarat—by the misdeeds of King Vena; avaluptam—almost vanished;
adya—at the present moment; tat—his; dehatah—from the body; visnu—of
Lord Visnu; kald—part of a plenary portion; asi—you are; vainya—O son of
King Vena.

TRANSLATION

O King Prthu, son of Vena, you are the part and parcel expansion of
Lord Visnu. Due to the mischievous activities of King Vena, religious
principles were almost lost. At that opportune moment you descended as
the incarnation of Lord Visnu. Indeed, for the protection of religious
principles you have appeared from the body of King Vena.

PURPORT

The way in which Lord Visnu kills the demons and protects the faithful
is mentioned in Bhagavad-gila:
