Text 27] The Sacrifice Performed by Dakga 235
TEXT 27
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rlviyja ucuh
tattvam na te vayam anafijana rudra-sapat
karmany-avagraha-dhiyo bhagavan vidamah
dharmopalaksanam idam trivrd adhvarakhyam
jriatam yad-artham adhidaivam ado vyavasthah

rtvijah—the priests; acuh—began to say; taltvam—truth; na—not; te—of
Your Lordship; vayam—all of us; anafijana—without material contamina-
tion; rudra—Lord Siva; sapat—by his curse; karmani—in fruitive activities;
avagraha—being too much attached; dhiyah—of such intelligence; bhaga-
van—O Lord; vidimah—know; dharma—religion ; upalaksanam— symbolized;
idam—this; trivpt—the three departments of knowledge of the Vedas;
adhvara—sacrifice; akhyam—of the name; jiatam—known to us; yat—that;
artham—for the matter of; adhidaivam—for worshiping the demigods;
adah—this; vyavasthah—arrangement.

TRANSLATION

The priests addressed the Lord, saying: O Lord, transcendental to
material contamination, by the curse offered by Lord Siva’s men we have
become attached to fruitive activities, and thus we are now fallen and there-
fore do not know anything about You. On the contrary, we are now
involved in the injunctions of the three departments of the Vedic knowl-
edge under the plea of executing rituals in the name of yajna. We know
that You have made arrangements for distributing the respective shares
of the demigods.

PURPORT

The Vedas are known as traigunya-visaya vedah (Bg. 2.45). Those who
are serious students of the Vedas are very much attached to the ritualistic
ceremonies mentioned in the Vedas, and therefore these Vedavadis cannot
understand that the ultimate goal of the Vedas isto understand Lord Krsna
