taá¹ tadÄ manujÄ devaá¹
sarva-deva-mayaá¹ harim
yajanti vidyayÄ trayyÄ
dharmiṣṭhÄ brahma-vÄdinaḥ

 tam - Him; tadÄ - then; manujÄḥ - human beings; devam - the Personality of Godhead; sarva-deva-mayam - who contains within Himself all the demigods; harim - ÅšrÄ« Hari; yajanti - they worship; vidyayÄ - with the rituals; trayyÄ - of the three main Vedas; dharmiṣṭhÄḥ - fixed in religiosity; brahma-vÄdinaḥ - seekers of the Absolute Truth.


Text

In TretÄ-yuga, those members of human society who are fixed in religiosity and are sincerely interested in achieving the Absolute Truth worship Lord Hari, who contains within Himself all the demigods. The Lord is worshiped by the rituals of sacrifice taught in the three Vedas.

Purport

The residents of the earth in Satya-yuga are described as having all good qualities. In TretÄ-yuga human society is described as dharmiṣṭhÄḥ, or thoroughly religious, and brahma-vÄdinaḥ, or faithfully seeking the Absolute Truth through the Vedic injunctions. However, it should be noted that all of the exalted qualities of the people of Satya-yuga are not mentioned in this verse. In other words, in Satya-yuga people are automatically perfect, whereas in TretÄ-yuga people are inclined to become perfect through performing Vedic sacrifice. In TretÄ-yuga human society is not automatically Kṛṣṇa conscious, as it was in Satya-yuga, but people are still highly inclined to become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and thus they strictly follow the Vedic injunctions.