Text 6] The Residents of Jambidvipa Offer Prayers 163

TEXT 6

Far BUA TAA faresary
Tet = Jatefawe: |

Bo <a MC COMP CLOC
TRA AATASHATAMAAT eA & II

veddn yugante tamasd tiraskrtan
rasatalad yo nr-turanga-vigrahah

pratyddade vai kavaye *bhiydcate
tasmai namas te ’vitathehitaya iti

vedan—the four Vedas; yuga-ante—at the end of the millennium;
tamasd—by the demon of ignorance personified; tiraskrtan—stolen
away; rasdtalat—from the lowest planetary system (Rasatala); yah—
who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nr-turanga-vigrahah—
assuming the form of half-horse, half-man; pratyddade—returned:
vai—indeed; kavaye—to the supreme poet (Lord Brahma); abhiya-
cate—when he asked for them: tasmai—unto Him (the form of
Hayagriva); namah—my respectful obeisances: te—to You:
avitatha-ihitaya—whose resolution never fails; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed
the form of ademon, stole all the Vedas and took them down to the
planet of Rasatala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of
Hayagriva retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahma
when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto
the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.

PURPORT

Although Vedic knowledge is imperishable, within this material world
it is sometimes manifest and sometimes not. When the people of this
material world become too absorbed in ignorance, the Vedic knowledge
disappears. Lord Hayagriva or Lord Matsya, however. always protects
