Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'
Introduction
karma brahmodbhavam viddhi
brahmaksara-samudbhavam
tasmat sarva-gatam brahma
nityam yajne pratisthitam
Bg 3.15
Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas
are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently
the all-pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice.
Codes of working directions - The vedas
Yajnartha-karma, or the necessity of work for the
satisfaction of Krsna only, is more expressly stated in this verse. If we have
to work for the satisfaction of the yajna-purusa, Visnu, then we must find out
the direction of work in Brahman, or the transcendental Vedas. The Vedas are
therefore codes of working directions. Anything performed without the direction
of the Vedas is called vikarma, or unauthorized or sinful work. Therefore, one
should always take direction from the Vedas to be saved from the reaction of
work. As one has to work in ordinary life by the direction of the state, one
similarly has to work under direction of the supreme state of the Lord. Such
directions in the Vedas are directly manifested from the breathing of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is said,
asya mahato bhutasya
nisvasitam etad yad
rg-vedo yajur-vedah
samavedo 'tharvangirasah.
"The four Vedas-namely the Rg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda -- are all emanations from the breathing of the great Personality of Godhead." (Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad 4.5.11) The Lord, being omnipotent, can speak by breathing air, for as it is confirmed in the Brahma-samhita, the Lord has the omnipotence to perform through each of His senses the actions of all other senses. In other words, the Lord can speak through His breathing, and He can impregnate by His eyes. In fact, it is said that He glanced over material nature and thus fathered all living entities. After creating or impregnating the conditioned souls into the womb of material nature, He gave His directions in the Vedic wisdom as to how such conditioned souls can return home, back to Godhead. We should always remember that the conditioned souls in material nature are all eager for material enjoyment. But the Vedic directions are so made that one can satisfy one's perverted desires, then return to Godhead, having finished his so-called enjoyment.
End note :
It is a chance for the conditioned souls to attain liberation; therefore the conditioned souls must try to follow the process of yajna by becoming Krsna conscious. Even those who have not followed the Vedic injunctions may adopt the principles of Krsna consciousness, and that will take the place of performance of Vedic yajnas, or karmas.
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