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Bhagavad-প্রাব্য  As It less
[Ch. 3]
no aim in life. The gross materialist thieves have no ultimate goal of life. They are simply directed to sense gratification; nor do they have knowledge of how to perform  yajñas . Lord Caitanya, however, inaugurated the easiest performance of  yajña , namely the  saṅkūrtana-yajña , which can be performed by anyone in the world who accepts the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
१९८१  (1९८१)
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः । भुञ्जते ते लघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥१३॥
yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ bhuñjate te tv agham pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt
yajña-śiṣṭa —food taken after performance of  yajña ;  aśinaḥ —eaters;  santaḥ —the devotees;  mucyante —get relief from;  sarva —all kinds of;  kilbiṣaiḥ —sins;  bhuñjate —enjoy;  te —they;  tu —but;  agham —grievous sins;  pāpāḥ —sinners;  ye —those;  pacanti —prepare food;  ātma-kāraṇāt —for sense enjoyment.
TRANSLATION
The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.
PURPORT
The devotees of the Supreme Lord, or the persons who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, are called  santas , and they are always in love with the Lord as it is described in the  Brahma-saṁhitā: premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti . The  santas , being always in a compact of love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda (the giver of all pleasures), or Mukunda (the giver of liberation), or Kṛṣṇa (the all-attractive person), cannot accept anything without first offering it to the Supreme Person. Therefore, such devotees always perform  yajñas  in differ-