Govardhana-lila: no need of other yajnas
Krsna stopped this Indra yajna, you know, Govardhana. When Nanda Maharaja
was arranging for Indra yajna, Krsna said: “My dear father, there is no need
of Indra yajna.” That means anyone who is Krsna conscious, for him, there is
no need of any yajna. Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, it is very
difficult to perform different kinds of yajna. That was possible in the
Treta-yuga. Krte yad dhyayato visnum tretayam yajato makhaih [SB 12.3.52].
Makhaih means yajna, performing yajna. Yajnarthe karmano ‘nyatra loko ‘yam
karma-bandhanah [Bg. 3.9]. So these formulas, these directions, nobody is
following. It is not possible in this age. Therefore the sastra injunction
is: yajnaih sankirtanair prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah. Those who have got
good brain substance, so instead of bothering with so many things, one
performs sankirtana-yajna. These are the statements in the sastra.
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtanaih prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah
[SB 11.5.32]
So here, in this room, especially, krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam, here is
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is Krsna Himself, but His complexion is akrsna, not
blackish. Krsna-varnam tvisa… Tvisa means by complexion. Akrsna.
Yellowish. Sangopangastra-parsadam. And He’s accompanied by His associates,
Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, srivasadi gaura-bhakta-vrnda. This is the
worshipable Deity in this age. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsna. So what is the
process of worship? Yajnaih sankirtanair prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah. This
sankirtana-yajna as we are performing before Lord Caitanya, Nityananda and
others, this is the perfect performance of yajna in this age. Otherwise, no
other… Therefore it is becoming successful. This is the only prescribed
yajna.
…there is no yajna in this age. There is no yajnic brahmana. This is the
only yajna: chant Hare Krsna mantra and dance in ecstasy. This is the only
yajna.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.8 — London, August 8, 1973
was arranging for Indra yajna, Krsna said: “My dear father, there is no need
of Indra yajna.” That means anyone who is Krsna conscious, for him, there is
no need of any yajna. Especially in this age, Kali-yuga, it is very
difficult to perform different kinds of yajna. That was possible in the
Treta-yuga. Krte yad dhyayato visnum tretayam yajato makhaih [SB 12.3.52].
Makhaih means yajna, performing yajna. Yajnarthe karmano ‘nyatra loko ‘yam
karma-bandhanah [Bg. 3.9]. So these formulas, these directions, nobody is
following. It is not possible in this age. Therefore the sastra injunction
is: yajnaih sankirtanair prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah. Those who have got
good brain substance, so instead of bothering with so many things, one
performs sankirtana-yajna. These are the statements in the sastra.
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtanaih prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah
[SB 11.5.32]
So here, in this room, especially, krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam, here is
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is Krsna Himself, but His complexion is akrsna, not
blackish. Krsna-varnam tvisa… Tvisa means by complexion. Akrsna.
Yellowish. Sangopangastra-parsadam. And He’s accompanied by His associates,
Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, srivasadi gaura-bhakta-vrnda. This is the
worshipable Deity in this age. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsna. So what is the
process of worship? Yajnaih sankirtanair prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah. This
sankirtana-yajna as we are performing before Lord Caitanya, Nityananda and
others, this is the perfect performance of yajna in this age. Otherwise, no
other… Therefore it is becoming successful. This is the only prescribed
yajna.
…there is no yajna in this age. There is no yajnic brahmana. This is the
only yajna: chant Hare Krsna mantra and dance in ecstasy. This is the only
yajna.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.8 — London, August 8, 1973
Published on November 12, 2012 17:59
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