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not mean that he does not show him respect. Similarly, one who engages in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord does not need to worship any demigod, nor does he have any tendency to show disrespect to the demigods. Elsewhere in  Bhagavad-gītā  it is stated,  ye'py anya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śraddhayānvitāḥ . The Lord says that anyone who worships the demigods is also worshiping Him, but he is worshiping  avidhi-pūrvakam , which means without following the regulative principles. The regulative principle is to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Worship of demigods may indirectly be worship of the Personality of Godhead, but it is not regulated. By worshiping the Supreme Lord, one automatically serves all the demigods because they are parts and parcels of the whole. If one supplies water to the root of a tree, all the parts of the tree, such as the leaves and branches, are automatically satisfied, and if one supplies food to the stomach, all the limbs of the body—the hands, legs, fingers, etc.—are nourished. Thus by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead one can satisfy all the demigods, but by worshiping all the demigods one does not completely worship the Supreme Lord. Therefore worship of the demigods is irregular, and it is disrespectful to the scriptural injunctions.
In this age of Kali it is practically impossible to perform the  deva-yajña  or sacrifices to the demigods. As such, in this age  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  recommends  saṅkīrtana-yajña .  Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ . ( Bhāg.  11.5.32) “In this age the intelligent person completes the performances of all kinds of  yajñas  simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.”  Tasmin tuṣṭe jagat-tuṣṭaḥ : “When Lord Viṣṇu is satisfied, all the demigods who are part and parcels of the Supreme Lord are satisfied.”
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled, “Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva.”