Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 78

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TRANSLATION

Due to being stocked for a very long time, all the grain seeds within me have

certainly deteriorated. Therefore you should immediately arrange to take

these seeds out by the standard process, which is recommended by the acaryas

or sastras.

 

PURPORT

When there is a scarcity of grain, the government should follow the methods

prescribed in the sastra and approved by the acaryas; thus there will be a

sufficient production of grains, and food scarcity and famine can be checked.

Bhagavad-gita recommends that we perform yajna, sacrifices. By the

performance of yajna, sufficient clouds gather in the sky, and when there are

sufficient clouds, there is also sufficient rainfall. In this way

agricultural matters are taken care of. When there is sufficient grain

production, the general populace eats the grains, and animals like cows,

goats and other domestic animals eat the grasses and grains also. According

to this arrangement, human beings should perform the sacrifices recommended

in the sastras, and if they do so there will no longer be food scarcity. In

Kali-yuga, the only sacrifice recommended is sankirtana-yajna.

 

In this verse there are two significant words: yogena, "by the approved

method," and drstena, "as exemplified by the former acaryas." One is mistaken

if he thinks that by applying modern machines such as tractors, grains can be

produced. If one goes to a desert and uses a tractor, there is still no

possibility of producing grains. We may adopt various means, but it is

essential to know that the planet earth will stop producing grains if

sacrifices are not performed. The earth has already explained that because

nondevotees are enjoying the production of food, she has reserved food seeds

for the performance of sacrifice. Now, of course, atheists will not believe

in this spiritual method of producing grains, but whether they believe or

not, the fact remains that we are not independent to produce grain by

mechanical means. As far as the approved method is concerned, it is enjoined

in the sastras that intelligent men in this age will take to the sankirtana

movement, and by so doing they shall worship the Supreme Personality of

Godhead Lord Caitanya, whose bodily complexion is golden and who is always

accompanied by His confidential devotees to preach this Krsna consciousness

movement all over the world. In its present condition, the world can only be

saved by introducing this sankirtana, this Krsna consciousness movement. As

we have learned from the previous verse, one who is not in Krsna

consciousness is considered a thief. Even though he may be materially very

advanced, a thief cannot be placed in a comfortable position. A thief is a

thief, and he is punishable. Because people are without Krsna consciousness,

they have become thieves, and consequently they are being punished by the

laws of material nature. No one can check this, not even by introducing so

many relief funds and humanitarian institutions. Unless the people of the

world take to Krsna consciousness, there will be a scarcity of food and much

suffering.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 4.18.8