reyas-kāmo hy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
etān deśān niṣeveta
śreyas-kāmo hy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
dharmo hy atrehitaḥ puṁsāṁ
sahasrādhi-phalodayaḥ
The sacred lakes like Puṣkara, places where saintly persons live, Kurukṣetra, Gayā, Prayāga, Pulahāśrama, Naimiṣāraṇya, the Phālgu River, Setubandha, Prabhāsa, Dvārakā, Vārāṇasī, Mathurā, Pampā, Bindu-sarovara, Badarikāśrama, the Nandā River, the places where Lord Rāmacandra and mother Sītā took shelter, such as Citrakūṭa, and also Mahendra and Malaya mountain ranges—all of these, and places having deities, are to be considered most pure. One who intends to advance in spiritual life should visit all these places again and again. Acts performed here give a thousand times the result of the same activities performed in other places.
Acts performed in these places give a thousand times more result than at other places.
|| 7.14.34 ||
pātraṁ tv atra niruktaṁ vai
kavibhiḥ pātra-vittamaiḥ
harir evaika urvīśa
yan-mayaṁ vai carācaram
O King of the earth! It has been decided by learned scholars that only the Supreme Lord, in whom all that is moving or nonmoving within this universe is resting, is the best person to whom everything should be given.
To whom should offerings be given for progressing in dharma? In order to speak about offerings directly to the Supreme Lord, to the Vaiṣṇavas, brāhmaṇas and all living entities, first the recipient of offerings is explained.
|| 7.14.35 ||
devarṣy-arhatsu vai satsu
tatra brahmātmajādiṣu
rājan yad agra-pūjāyāṁ
mataḥ pātratayācyutaḥ
O King Yudhiṣṭhira! The venerable sages, the devatās and the sons of Lord Brahmā present at your Rājasūya sacrifice decided that Kṛṣṇa was qualified as the first person to be worshiped.
It was decided without quarrel that the Lord was qualified for first worship at the Rājasūya sacrifice. Among the devatās, sages qualified by sacrifice and austerity (arhatsu), and among sons of Brahmā like the Kumāras, it was decided that Kṛṣṇa was qualified for the first worship.
|| 7.14.36 ||
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