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Imported quote 13243 Whenever a sacrifice is performed, it is meant for satisfying Lord Visnu, the enjoyer of the fruits of all sacrifices; and when Lord Visnu agrees to come to a sacrificial arena, all the demigods naturally follow their master, and their shares are offered in such sacrifices. The conclusion is that the sacrifices performed are meant for Lord Visnu, not for the demigods.
(More...) Imported quote 13569 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that these karma-kanḍa ritualistic ceremonies, although contaminated, contain touches of devotional service because whenever there is a performance of any yajna Lord Visnu is given a central position. This is very important because even a little endeavor to please Lord Visnu is bhakti and is of great value. A tinge of bhakti purifies the material nature of the performances, which by devotional service gradually come to the transcendental position. Therefore although such yajnas are superficially material activities, the results are transcendental. Such yajnas as Sūrya-yajna, Indra-yajna, Candra-yajna, etc., are performed in the names of the demigods, but these demigods are bodily parts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The demigods cannot accept sacrificial offerings for themselves, but they can accept them for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as a departmental tax collector of a government cannot collect taxes for his personal account but can realize them for the government. Any yajna performed with this complete knowledge and understanding is described in Bhagavad-gita as brahmarpanam, or a sacrifice offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since no one but the Supreme Lord can enjoy the results of sacrifice, the Lord says that He is the actual enjoyer of all sacrifices (bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram). Sacrifices should be performed with this view in mind. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:
(More...) Imported quote 17883 But this yajna is performed not for satisfying the particular demigod. Even if you perform any yajna for satisfying the demigod, the Narayana is situated there. The narayana-sila, salagrama-sila is there whenever there is some yajna, because He is the yajna-purusa. Actually, when you pay tax to the light department or water department, it is not that the director or the in-charge of the light department and water department takes that money. He does not take money. It goes to the government treasury. Similarly...
(More...) Avidhi-pūrvakam. The tax department... There are different tax department, but if you pay the whole amount, government treasury making a bill for this department, this, this department, this, then automatically it will be distributed. Similarly the deva-yajna, to perform yajna in the name of the demigods, can all be performed in one yajna when you become Krsna conscious. When you become... How? That is also stated in the sastra, that devarsi-bhūtapta-nrnam pitṝnam nayam rni na kihkaro rajan [SB 11.5.41]. Narada Muni says to Maharaja Yudhisthira that we have got so many due taxes to be paid to the devata, demigods, because we are utilizing so many material elements controlled by different devata.
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