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Karabhajana Instructs
The king Nimi said: “By what name and form and with what rites is the Lord worshipped in the different Yugas? Please tell me of the same.”
Karabhajana said: “O king, in the four ages of Satya (Krita), Treta, Dvapara and Kali, Narayana is worshipped in diverse ways as having personalities of different hues, names, forms and orders.
“In Satya Yuga the Lord is of white complexion. He has four arms, wears matted locks, bark and deer skin, and the sacred thread and holds Rudraksha, staff and Kamandalu.
“In that age men are tranquil in mind, have no feeling of enmity or hatred. All are friends and equals. They propitiate the Lord by their penance, meditation and control of mind and the senses.
“In this age the Lord is styled as Swan (Hamsa), Suparna, Vaikunta, Dharma, Yogesvara, Amala (pure), Isvara, Purusha, Avyakta (unmanifest) and Paramatman.
“In the Treta age He is blood-red, four armed, has three lines on his forehead and golden locks. The Lord, who is the one purport of the Vedas is an embodiment of the sacrificed. He is worshipped as the Lord of sacrifices. Sruk (chaplet) and Sruva (ladle) are His special marks.
“In that age men adore the Lord Hari who is in the form of all the gods with the help of the Vedas. They observe rigidly the course of righteousness, read and expound the Vedas. They propitiate Him by sacrifices, imagining Him in all Devas. In this age, the Lord Hari is styled as Vishnu, Yajna, Prisnigarbha (the son of Prisni), Sarvadeva Uru Krama, Vrishakapi, Jayanta and Urugaya.
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