30_Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 11 to 13

<p><strong>Join Telegram group to stay connected:</strong></p><p><strong>https://t.me/rasajnadas</strong></p><p><br></p><p>The demigods are empowered administrators of material affairs. The supply of air, light, water and all other benedictions for maintaining the body and soul of every living entity are entrusted to the demigods, who are innumerable assistants in different parts of the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Their pleasures and displeasures are dependant on the performance of&nbsp;<em>yajnas</em>&nbsp;by the human being. Some of the&nbsp;<em>yajnas&nbsp;</em>are meant to satisfy particular demigods; but even in so doing, Lord Visnu is worshiped in all&nbsp;<em>yajnas&nbsp;</em>as the chief beneficiary. It is stated also in the&nbsp;<em>Bhagavad-gita&nbsp;</em>that Krsna Himself is the beneficiary of all kinds of&nbsp;<em>yajnas: bhoktaram yajna-tapasam.&nbsp;</em>Therefore, ultimate satisfaction of the&nbsp;<em>yajnapati</em>&nbsp;is the chief purpose of all&nbsp;<em>yajnas.&nbsp;</em>When these&nbsp;<em>yajnas&nbsp;</em>are perfectly performed, naturally the demigods in charge of the different departments of supply are pleased, and there is no scarcity in the supply of natural products.</p><p> Performance of&nbsp;<em>yajnas&nbsp;</em>has many side benefits, ultimately leading to liberation from the material bondage. By performance of&nbsp;<em>yajnas,&nbsp;</em>all activities become purified, as it is stated in the&nbsp;<em>Vedas:</em></p><p><em>ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih sattva-suddhau</em></p><p><em>dhruva smrtih smrti-lambhe sarva-granthinam vipra-moksah</em></p><p>As it will be explained in the following verse, by performance of&nbsp;<em>yajna,&nbsp;</em>one's eatables become sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs, one's very existence becomes purified; by the purification of existence, finer tissues in the memory become sanctified, and when memory is sanctified, one can think of the path of liberation, and all these combined together lead to Krsna consciousness, the great n