210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 14

supplying water to the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and so on. In Satya-
yuga people knew how to fulfill the necessities of life simply by worship-
ing Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The same purpose
can be served in this age of Kali by the chanting of the Hare Krsna
manira, as recommended in the Bhdgavatam. Kirtandd eva krsnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet. Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra,
one becomes free from the bondage of material existence and thus be-
comes eligible to return home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 49

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SAAT TSA TT StH THAT Ee

purtravasa evasit

trayi treta-mukhe nrpa
agnina prajaya raja

lokam gandharvam eyivan

puriravasah—from King Purirava; eva—thus; dsit—there was;
trayi—the Vedic principles of karma, jfidna and updsand; treta-
mukhe—in the beginning of the Treta-yuga; nrpa—O King Pariksit;
agnind—simply by generating the fire of sacrifice; prajaya—by his son;
raja—King Purirava; lokam—to the planet; gandharvam—of the
Gandharvas; eyivan—achieved.

TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, at the beginning of Treté-yuga, King
Purirava inaugurated a karma-kanda sacrifice. Thus Purirava,
who considered the yajiiic fire his son, was able to go to

Gandharvaloka as he desired.

PURPORT

In Satya-yuga, Lord Narayana was worshiped by meditation (krte yad
dhyayato visnum). Indeed, everyone always meditated upon Lord Visnu,
Narayana, and achieved every success by this process of meditation. In
the next yuga, Tretd-yuga, the performance of yajria began (tretayam
