Text 34]
Prayers by the Demigods
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TRANSLATION
O Lord, during the time of maintenance You manifest several incarnations, all with transcendental bodies, beyond the material modes of nature. When You appear in this way, You bestow all good fortune upon the living entities by teaching them to perform Vedic activities such as ritualistic ceremonies, mystic yoga, austerities, penances, and ultimately samādhi, ecstatic absorption in thoughts of You. Thus You are worshiped by the Vedic principles.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.3),  yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam : the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, charity, austerity and all such prescribed duties are never to be given up.  Yajño dānam tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām  (18.5): even one who is very much advanced in spiritual realization must still execute the Vedic principles. Even in the lowest stage, the  karmīs  are advised to work for the sake of the Lord.
yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanaḥ
“Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world.” (Bg. 3.9) The words  yajñārthāt karmaṇaḥ  indicate that while performing all kinds of duties, one should remember that these duties should be performed to satisfy the Supreme Lord ( sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya ). According to Vedic principles, there must be divisions of human society ( cātur-varṇyam mayā sṛṣṭam ). There should be  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras , and everyone should learn to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( tam abhyarcya ). This is real human society, and without this system we are left with animal society.
The modern activities of human society are described in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  as the activities of  go-khara , cows and asses ( sa eva go-kharaḥ ). Everyone is acting in a bodily concept of life involving society, friendship and love for the improvement of economic and political conditions, and thus all activities are enacted in ignorance. The Supreme