146 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 4
TRANSLATION
While people were talking among themselves about the wonderful
voluntary death of Sati, the attendants who came with her readied them-
selves to kill Daksa with their weapons.
PURPORT
The attendants who came with Sati were meant to protect her from
calamities, but since they were unable to protect their master’s wife, they
decided to die for her, and before dying they wanted to kill Daksa. It is
the duty of attendants to give protection to their master, and in case of
failure it is their duty to die.
TEXT 32
TaTaaa Bt MET ATA BT: |
TAMA TAM eI BEM z Rl
tesam dpatatam vegam
nisamya bhagavan bhrguh
yajiia-ghna-ghnena yajusa
daksindgnau juhava ha
tesam—of them; dpatatam—who were approaching; vegam—the impulse;
nisamya—after seeing; bhagavan—the possessor of all opulences; bhrguh—
Bhrgu Muni; yajfia-ghna-ghnena—for killing the destroyers of the yajia;
yajusd—with hymns of the Yajur-veda; daksina-agnau—in the southern side
of the sacrificial fire; jzhdva—offered oblations; ha—certainly.
TRANSLATION
They came forward forcibly, but Bhrgu Muni saw the danger and,
offering oblations into the southern side of the sacrificial fire, immediately
uttered mantric hymns from the Yajur-veda by which the destroyers of
yajiik performances could be killed immediately.
PURPORT
Here is one example of powerful hymns in the Vedas which, when
chanted, could perform wonderful acts. In the present age of Kali it is not
possible to find expert mantra chanters; therefore all the sacrifices recom-
mended in the Vedas are forbidden in this age. The only sacrifice reeom-
mended in this age is the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra because in
this age it is not possible to accumulate the needed funds for performing
