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Karabhajana Instructs
“In the age of Dvapara the Lord is dark-blue, is clad in yellow silk and is marked with His own weapons and distinguished with special marks such as Srivatsa. O king! In that age, being desirous of realising Para Brahman the mortals worship Him as the great king according to the rules of the Vedas and Tantra.
“Salutations unto Thee, the Vasudeva; salutations unto Sankarshana; salutations unto Thee who are the Divine Pradyumna and Aniruddha. Salutations unto Narayana, the Almighty One, the Rishi, the Perfect Purusha, the All-pervading great Atman, the Ruler of the universe, the Perfect
One; salutations to the Antaryamin of all beings, the soul of all creatures, the Lord of the universe. In this manner O king! In the Dvapara, the mortals praise the Lord of the universe.
“Hear how in Kali they worship Him by various ways laid down in Tantras. The wise sing His glories adore Him who is black, yet brilliant, perfect in every limb, adorned with ornaments, equipped with His weapons and waited on by His attendants.
“O most exalted Purusha, O protector of those who bow to Thee, I bow to Thy lotus-feet which are ever worthy of being meditated upon, which remove all difficulties, which yield all that is wished for, which are the abode of all piety, which are eulogised by Siva and Brahma, which are fit to be sought for refuge, which destroy the afflictions of Thy devoted servants and which form the raft in the sea of Samsara.
“O most exalted Purusha! I bow to Thy lotus feet. Thou art highly pious, because abandoning at the mere words of Thy father the prosperous kingdom which it is hard to renounce and which is coveted even by the gods, thou didst enter the forest and there didst thou pursue the illusory deer at the request of Thy beloved one.
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