Text 18] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 227

if one chants or even remembers the holy name of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead Visnu, he immediately becomes purified. The yajiia arena was
desecrated by the presence of Lord Siva’s followers, headed by Virabhadra,
and therefore the entire arena had to be sanctified. Although Lord Siva
was present and he is all-auspicious, it was still necessary to sanctify the
place because his followers had broken into the arena and committed so
many obnoxious acts. That sanctification was possible only by chanting
the holy name of Visnu, Trikapalam, which can sanctify the three worlds.
In other words, it is admitted herein that the followers of Lord Siva are
generally unclean. They are not even very hygienic; they do not take baths
regularly, they wear long hair, and they smoke ganja. Persons of such
irregular habits are counted amongst the ghosts. Since they were present
in the sacrificial arena, the atmosphere became polluted, and it had to be
sanctified by offering trikapdla oblations which indicated the invocation
of Visnu’s favor.

TEXT 18
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adhvaryunatta-havisa
yajamano visdm-pate

dhiya visuddhaya dadhyau
tatha pradur abhiidd harih

adhvaryuya—with the Yajur-veda; atta—taking; havisé—with clarified
butter; yajamanah—King Daksa; vigam-pate—O Vidura; dhiya—in medita-
tion; viguddhaya—sanctified; dadhyau—offered; tatha—immediately;
praduh—manifest; abhiit—became; harih—Hari, the Lord.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said to Vidura: My dear Vidura, as soon as King
Daksa offered the clarified butter with Yajur-veda mantras in sanctified
meditation, Lord Visnu appeared there in His original form as Narayana.

PURPORT

Lord Visnu is all-pervading. Any devotee who, in sanctified meditation,
following the regulative principles, chants the required mantras in service
and in a devotional mood can sec Visnu. It is said in the Brahma-sarihita
that a devotee whose eyes are anointed with the ointment of love of
Godhead can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead always within his
heart. Lord Syamasundara is so kind to His devotee.
