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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 6]
TEXT 53
एष ते रुद्र भागोऽस्तु यदुच्छिष्टोऽध्वरस्य वै । यज्ञस्ते रुद्रभागेन कल्पतामघ यज्ञहन् ॥५३॥
eṣa te rudra bhāgo 'stu yad-ucchiṣṭo 'dhvarasya vai yajñas te rudra bhāgena kalpatām adya yajña-han
eṣaḥ—this; te—your; rudra—O Lord Śiva; bhāgaḥ—portion; astu—let it be; yat—whatever; ucchiṣṭaḥ—is the remainder; adhvarasya—of the sacrifice; vai—indeed; yajñaḥ—the sacrifice; te—your; rudra—O Rudra; bhāgena—by the portion; kalpatām—may be completed; adya—today; yajña-han—O destroyer of the sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
O destroyer of the sacrifice, please take your portion of the sacrifice and let the sacrifice be completed by your grace.
PURPORT
A sacrifice is a ceremony performed to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , First Canto, Second Chapter, it is stated that everyone should try to understand whether the Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied by his activity. In other words, the aim of our activities should be to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just as in an office it is the duty of the worker to see that the proprietor or the master is satisfied, so everyone's duty is to see whether the Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied by one's activity. Activities to satisfy the Supreme Godhead are prescribed in the Vedic literature, and execution of such activities is called  yajña . In other words, acting on behalf of the Supreme Lord is called  yajña . One should know very well that any other activity besides  yajña  is the cause of material bondage. That is explained in  Bhagavad-gītā , Third Chapter, ninth verse:  yajñārthāt karmaṇo'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ.   Karma-bandhanaḥ  means that if we do not work for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord,  Viṣṇu , then the reaction of our work will bind us. One should not work for his own sense gratification. Everyone should work for the satisfaction of God. That is called  yajña .
After the  yajña  was performed by  Dakṣa , all the demigods expected  prasādam , the remnants of foodstuffs offered to  Viṣṇu . Lord Śiva is one of