Canto & Chapters
Creation of the Fourth Order (31 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Chapter 2530v
Chapter 25
Chapter 2630v
Chapter 26
Chapter 2730v
Chapter 27
Chapter 2830v
Chapter 28
Chapter 2930v
Chapter 29
Chapter 3030v
Chapter 30
Chapter 3130v
Chapter 31
Canto 4, Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Verse 24 (SB 4.5.24)
SB 4.5.24 • मूल श्लोक
दृष्ट्वा संज्ञपनं योगं पशूनां स पतिर्मखे । यजमानपशो: कस्य कायात्तेनाहरच्छिर: ॥ २४ ॥
Transliteration
dṛṣṭvā saṁjñapanaṁ yogaṁ paśūnāṁ sa patir makhe yajamāna-paśoḥ kasya kāyāt tenāharac chiraḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
dṛṣṭvā — having seen; saṁjñapanam — for the killing of the animals in the sacrifice; yogam — the device; paśūnām — of the animals; saḥ — he (Vīrabhadra); patiḥ — the lord; makhe — in the sacrifice; yajamāna-paśoḥ — who was an animal in the form of the chief of the sacrifice; kasya — of Dakṣa; kāyāt — from the body; tena — by that (device); aharat — severed; śiraḥ — his head.
Translation
“Then Vīrabhadra saw the wooden device in the sacrificial arena by which the animals were to have been killed. He took the opportunity of this facility to behead Dakṣa.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaIn this connection it is to be noted that the device used for killing animals in the sacrifice was not designed to facilitate eating their flesh. The killing was specifically intended to give a new life to the sacrificed animal by the power of Vedic mantra. The animals were sacrificed to test the strength of Vedic mantras; yajñas were performed as a test of the mantra. Even in the modern age, tests are executed on animal bodies in the physiology laboratory. Similarly, whether or not the brāhmaṇas were uttering the Vedic hymns correctly was tested by sacrifice in the arena. On the whole, the animals thus sacrificed were not at all the losers. Some old animals would be sacrificed, but in exchange for their old bodies they received other, new bodies. That was the test of Vedic mantras. Vīrabhadra, instead of sacrificing animals with the wooden device, immediately beheaded Dakṣa, to the astonishment of everyone.