Bg. 3.10
Devanāgarī
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः । अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक् ॥ १० ॥
Synonyms
saha—along with;yajñāḥ—sacrifices;prajāḥ—generations;sṛṣṭvā—creating;purā—anciently;uvāca—said;prajā-patiḥ—the Lord of creatures;anena—by this;prasaviṣyadhvam—be more and more prosperous;eṣaḥ—this;vaḥ—your;astu—let it be;iṣṭa—of all desirable things;kāma-dhuk—bestower.
Translation
In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of men and demigods, along with sacrifices for Viṣṇu, and blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this yajña [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable for living happily and achieving liberation.”
Purport
In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of men and demigods, along with sacrifices for Viṣṇu, and blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this yajña [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable for living happily and achieving liberation.”
The material creation by the Lord of creatures (Viṣṇu) is a chance offered to the conditioned souls to come back home – back to Godhead. All living entities within the material creation are conditioned by material nature because of their forgetfulness of their relationship to Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Vedic principles are to help us understand this eternal relation, as it is stated in theBhagavad-gītā: vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.The Lord says that the purpose of theVedasis to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said:patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram.Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatamalso (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord aspatiin so many ways:
The material creation by the Lord of creatures (Viṣṇu) is a chance offered to the conditioned souls to come back home – back to Godhead. All living entities within the material creation are conditioned by material nature because of their forgetfulness of their relationship to Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Vedic principles are to help us understand this eternal relation, as it is stated in theBhagavad-gītā: vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.The Lord says that the purpose of theVedasis to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said:patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram.Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatamalso (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord aspatiin so many ways:
śriyaḥ patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patirdhiyāṁ patir loka-patir dharā-patiḥpatir gatiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇi-sātvatāṁprasīdatāṁ me bhagavān satāṁ patiḥ
Theprajā-patiis Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the protector of everyone. The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to performyajñas(sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul. By performance ofyajña,the conditioned souls gradually become Kṛṣṇa conscious and become godly in all respects. In the Age of Kali, thesaṅkīrtana-yajña(the chanting of the names of God) is recommended by the Vedic scriptures, and this transcendental system was introduced by Lord Caitanya for the deliverance of all men in this age.Saṅkīrtana-yajñaand Kṛṣṇa consciousness go well together. Lord Kṛṣṇa in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam(11.5.32)as follows, with special reference to thesaṅkīrtana-yajña:
Theprajā-patiis Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the protector of everyone. The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to performyajñas(sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul. By performance ofyajña,the conditioned souls gradually become Kṛṣṇa conscious and become godly in all respects. In the Age of Kali, thesaṅkīrtana-yajña(the chanting of the names of God) is recommended by the Vedic scriptures, and this transcendental system was introduced by Lord Caitanya for the deliverance of all men in this age.Saṅkīrtana-yajñaand Kṛṣṇa consciousness go well together. Lord Kṛṣṇa in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam(11.5.32)as follows, with special reference to thesaṅkīrtana-yajña:
kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁsāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadamyajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyairyajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
“In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance ofsaṅkīrtana-yajña.” Otheryajñasprescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but thesaṅkīrtana-yajñais easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended inBhagavad-gītāalso (9.14).
“In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance ofsaṅkīrtana-yajña.” Otheryajñasprescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but thesaṅkīrtana-yajñais easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended inBhagavad-gītāalso (9.14).
The material creation by the Lord of creatures (Viṣṇu) is a chance offered to the conditioned souls to come back home – back to Godhead. All living entities within the material creation are conditioned by material nature because of their forgetfulness of their relationship to Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Vedic principles are to help us understand this eternal relation, as it is stated in theBhagavad-gītā: vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.The Lord says that the purpose of theVedasis to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said:patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram.Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatamalso (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord aspatiin so many ways:
The material creation by the Lord of creatures (Viṣṇu) is a chance offered to the conditioned souls to come back home – back to Godhead. All living entities within the material creation are conditioned by material nature because of their forgetfulness of their relationship to Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Vedic principles are to help us understand this eternal relation, as it is stated in theBhagavad-gītā: vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ.The Lord says that the purpose of theVedasis to understand Him. In the Vedic hymns it is said:patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaram.Therefore, the Lord of the living entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. In theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatamalso (2.4.20) Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the Lord aspatiin so many ways:
śriyaḥ patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patirdhiyāṁ patir loka-patir dharā-patiḥpatir gatiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇi-sātvatāṁprasīdatāṁ me bhagavān satāṁ patiḥ
Theprajā-patiis Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the protector of everyone. The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to performyajñas(sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul. By performance ofyajña,the conditioned souls gradually become Kṛṣṇa conscious and become godly in all respects. In the Age of Kali, thesaṅkīrtana-yajña(the chanting of the names of God) is recommended by the Vedic scriptures, and this transcendental system was introduced by Lord Caitanya for the deliverance of all men in this age.Saṅkīrtana-yajñaand Kṛṣṇa consciousness go well together. Lord Kṛṣṇa in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam(11.5.32)as follows, with special reference to thesaṅkīrtana-yajña:
Theprajā-patiis Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the protector of everyone. The Lord created this material world to enable the conditioned souls to learn how to performyajñas(sacrifices) for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, so that while in the material world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and after finishing the present material body they can enter into the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the conditioned soul. By performance ofyajña,the conditioned souls gradually become Kṛṣṇa conscious and become godly in all respects. In the Age of Kali, thesaṅkīrtana-yajña(the chanting of the names of God) is recommended by the Vedic scriptures, and this transcendental system was introduced by Lord Caitanya for the deliverance of all men in this age.Saṅkīrtana-yajñaand Kṛṣṇa consciousness go well together. Lord Kṛṣṇa in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam(11.5.32)as follows, with special reference to thesaṅkīrtana-yajña:
kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁsāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadamyajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyairyajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
“In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance ofsaṅkīrtana-yajña.” Otheryajñasprescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but thesaṅkīrtana-yajñais easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended inBhagavad-gītāalso (9.14).
“In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance ofsaṅkīrtana-yajña.” Otheryajñasprescribed in the Vedic literatures are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but thesaṅkīrtana-yajñais easy and sublime for all purposes, as recommended inBhagavad-gītāalso (9.14).