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Bhagavad-gītā  As It Is
[Ch. 3]
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.
Performance of  yajñas  has many side benefits, ultimately leading to liberation from the material bondage. By performance of  yajñas , all activities become purified, as it is stated in the  Vedas :
āhāra-śuddhau sattva-śuddhiḥ sattva-śuddhau dhruvā smṛtiḥ smṛti-lambhe sarva-granthīnāṁ vipra-mokṣaḥ
As it will be explained in the following verse, by performance of  yajña , 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 Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the great necessity of present-day society.
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इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः । तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्तेन एव सः ॥१२॥
iṣṭān bhogān hi vo devā dāsyante yajña-bhāvitāḥ tair dattān apradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ
iṣṭān —desired;  bhogān —necessities of life;  hi —certainly;  vaḥ —unto you;  devāḥ —the demigods;  dāsyante —award;  yajña-bhāvitāḥ —being satisfied by the performance of sacrifices;  taiḥ —by them;  dattān —things given;  apradāya —without offering;  ebhyaḥ —to the demigods;  yaḥ —he who;  bhuṅkte —enjoys;  stenaḥ —thief;  eva —certainly;  saḥ —is he.
TRANSLATION
In charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yajña [sacrifice], supply all necessities to man. But he who enjoys these gifts, without offering them to the demigods in return, is certainly a thief.