Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 83

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As stated in the Upanisads, tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma grdhah kasya svid

dhanam [iso mantra 1]. Everyone should be satisfied with the things allotted

him by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; no one should encroach upon

another's rights or property.

In Bhagavad-gita it is said:

 

annad bhavanti bhutani

parjanyad anna-sambhavah

yajnad bhavati parjanyo

yajnah karma-samudbhavah

 

"All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains.

Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of

prescribed duties." (Bg. 3.14) When food grains are sufficiently produced,

both animals and human beings can be nourished without difficulty for their

maintenance. This is nature's arrangement. prakrteh kriyamana-ni gunaih

karmani sarvasah [bg. 3.27]. Everyone is acting under the influence of

material nature, and only fools think they can improve upon what God has

created. The householders are specifically responsible for seeing that the

laws of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are maintained, without fighting

between men, communities, societies or nations. Human society should

properly utilize the gifts of God, especially the food grains that grow

because of rain falling from the sky. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, yajnad

bhavati parjanyah [bg. 3.14]. So that rainfall will be regulated, humanity

should perform yajnas, sacrifices. Yajnas were previously performed with

offerings of oblations of ghee and food grains, but in this age, of course,

this is no longer possible, for the production of ghee and food grains has

diminished because of the sinful life of human society. However, people

should take to Krsna consciousness and chant the Hare Krsna mantra, as

recommended in the sastras (yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah

[sB 11.5.32]). If people throughout the world take to the Krsna

consciousness movement and chant the easy sound vibration of the

transcendental name and fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there

will be no scarcity of rainfall; consequently food grains, fruits and

flowers will be properly produced, and all the necessities of life will be

easily obtained. Grhasthas, or householders, should take the responsibility

for organizing such natural production. It is therefore said, tasyaiva hetoh

prayateta kovidah. An intelligent person should try to spread Krsna

consciousness through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, and all the

necessities of life will automatically follow.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 7.14.7