Text 12] The Descent of the River Ganges 135
“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord
Krsna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through
fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devo-
tional service.” Those who fully engage in devotional service to Krsna
just to please Him are not interested in the three divisions of heavenly
places, namely, divya-svarga, bhauma-svarga and bila-svarga.
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Ty TMMMTETgTT | -BaKETTAT ATTA TTITAT
TAACAAT SAM AMSAT AAAATACAATACTAUMTAT IIIT He-
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AT TA T ATANAA: Flat Tat 122
esu purusGnam ayuta-purusdyur-varsdnam deva-kalpdnam nagayuta-
prananam vajra-sarnhanana-bala-vayo-moda-pramudita-maha-
saurata-mithuna-vyavadyapavarga-varsa-dhrtaika-garbha-kalatranam
tatra tu tretd-yuga-samah kalo vartate.
esu—in these (eight) varsas, or tracts of land; puruséndm—of all the
men; ayuta—ten thousand; purusa—by the measure of men; d@yuh-var-
sdnam—of those whose years of life; deva-kalpanam—who are like the
demigods; naéga-ayuta-prananam—having the strength of ten thousand
elephants; vajra-samhanana—by bodies as solid as thunderbolts; bala—
by bodily strength; vayah—by youth; moda—by abundant sense enjoy-
ment; pramudita—being excited; mahd-saurata—a great deal of sex-
ual; mithuna—combinations of man and woman; vyavdya-apavarga—
at the end of their period of sexual enjoyment; varsa—in the last year:
dhrta-eka-garbha—who conceive one child; kalatranam—of those who
have wives; tatra—there; tu—but; tretd-yuga-samah—exactly like the
Treta-yuga (when there is no tribulation); kalah—time; vartate—exists.
TRANSLATION
In these eight varsas, or tracts of land, human beings live ten
thousand years according to earthly calculations. All the inhabi-
tants are almost like demigods. They have the bodily strength
of ten thousand elephants. Indeed, their bodies are as sturdy as
