TEXT 14
rsayo duduhur devim
indriyesv atha sattama
vatsam brhaspatim krtva
payas chandomayam suci
SYNONYMS
rsayahthe great sages; duduhuhmilked; devimthe earth; indriyesuin the senses; athathen; sattamaO Vidura; vatsamthe calf; brhaspatimthe sage Brhaspati; krtvamaking; payahmilk; chandah-mayamin the form of the Vedic hymns; sucipure.
TRANSLATION
All the great sages transformed Brhaspati into a calf, and making the senses into a pot, they milked all kinds of Vedic knowledge to purify words, mind and hearing.
PURPORT
Brhaspati is the priest of the heavenly planets. Vedic knowledge was received in logical order by the great sages through Brhaspati for the benefit of human society, not only on this planet, but throughout the universes. In other words, Vedic knowledge is considered one of the necessities for human society. If human society remains satisfied simply by taking grains from the planet earth as well as other necessities for maintaining the body, society will not be sufficiently prosperous. Humanity must have food for the mind and ear, as well as for the purpose of vibration. As far as transcendental vibrations are concerned, the essence of all Vedic knowledge is the maha-mantraHare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In Kali-yuga, if this Vedic maha-mantra is chanted regularly and heard regularly by the devotional process of sravanam kirtanam, it will purify all societies, and thus humanity will be happy both materially and spiritually.

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