BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:13

September 24, 2003

BHAGAVAD-GITA 3:13

yajna-sistasinah santo

mucyante sarva-kilbisaih

bhunjate te tv agham papa

ye pacanty atma-karanat

WORD FOR WORD

yajna-sista--of food taken after performance of yajna; asinah--eaters;

santah--the devotees; mucyante--get relief; sarva--all kinds of;

kilbisaih--from sins; bhunjate--enjoy; te--they; tu--but;

agham--grievous sins; papah--sinners; ye--who; pacanti--prepare food;

atma-karanat--for sense enjoyment.

TRANSLATION

The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because

they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who

prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.

PURPORT

The devotees of the Supreme Lord, or the persons who are in Krsna

consciousness, are called santas, and they are always in love with the

Lord as it is described in the Brahma-samhita (5.38):

premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu

vilokayanti. The santas, being always in a compact of love with the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda (the giver of all pleasures),

or Mukunda (the giver of liberation), or Krsna (the all-attractive

person), cannot accept anything without first offering it to the

Supreme Person. Therefore, such devotees always perform yajnas in

different modes of devotional service, such as sravanam, kirtanam,

smaranam, arcanam, etc., and these performances of yajnas keep them

always aloof from all kinds of contamination of sinful association in

the material world. Others, who prepare food for self or sense

gratification, are not only thieves but also the eaters of all kinds

of sins. How can a person be happy if he is both a thief and sinful?

It is not possible. Therefore, in order for people to become happy in

all respects, they must be taught to perform the easy process of

sankirtana-yajna, in full Krsna consciousness. Otherwise, there can be

no peace or happiness in the world.

permission.

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