Text 48] King Purtrava Enchanted by Urvasi 209

consisting of all Vedic mantras; devah—the Lord, God; naréyanah—
only Narayana (was worshipable in the Satya-yuga); na anyah—no
other; ekah agnih—one division only for agni; varnah—order of life;
eva ca—and certainly.

TRANSLATION

In the Satya-yuga, the first millennium, all the Vedic mantras
were included in one mantra—pranava, the root of all Vedic
mantras. In other words, the Atharva Veda alone was the source of
all Vedic knowledge. The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Narayana was the only worshipable Deity; there was no recommen-
dation for worship of the demigods. Fire was one only, and the
only order of life in human society was known as hariisa.

PURPORT

In Satya-yuga there was only one Veda, not four. Later, before the
beginning of Kali-yuga, this one Veda, the Atharva Veda (or, some say,
the Yajur Veda), was divided into four—Sdama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva —
for the facility of human society. In Satya-yuga the only mantra was
omkara (om tat sat). The same name omkdra is manifest in the mantra
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare
Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Unless one is a brahmana, one cannot ut-
ter omkdra and get the desired result. But in Kali-yuga almost everyone
is a Sidra, unfit for pronouncing the pranava, omkdra. Therefore the
Sdstras have recommended the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-
mantra. Omkdra is a mantra, or mahd-mantra, and Hare Krsna is also a
mahd-mantra. The purpose of pronouncing omkdra is to address the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva (om namo bhagavate
vdsudevaya). And the purpose of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra is the
same. Hare: ‘“‘O energy of the Lord!” Krsna: ‘‘O Lord Krsna!” Hare: “O
energy of the Lord!” Rama: “‘O Supreme Lord, O supreme enjoyer!”
The only worshipable Lord is Hari, who is the goal of the Vedas (vedais
ca sarvair aham eva vedyah). By worshiping the demigods, one worships
the different parts of the Lord, just as one might water the branches and
twigs of a tree. But worshiping Narayana, the all-inclusive Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, is like pouring water on the root of the tree, thus
