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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 7]
in  Bhagavad-gītā  that one has to surpass this. The Vedic principles are based on the three qualities of the material modes. One has to transcend the three qualities, and then one can be situated in pure and simple spiritual life.
TEXT 41
अभिरुवाच
यत्तेजसाहं
सुसमिद्धतेजा
हव्यं वहे स्वध्वर आज्यसिक्तम् ।
तं यक्षियं पञ्चविधं च पञ्चभिः
स्विष्टं यजुर्भिः प्रणतोऽसि यक्षम् ॥४१॥
agnir uvāca
yat-tejasāham susamiddha-tejā
havyam vahe sv-adhvara ājya-siktam
tam yajñiyam pañcavidham ca pañcabhiḥ
sv-iṣṭam yajurbhiḥ praṇato 'smi yajñam
agniḥ—the fire-god; uvāca—said; yat-tejasā—by whose effulgence; aham—I; susamiddha-tejā—as luminous as blazing fire; havyam—offerings; vahe—I am accepting; su-adhvare—in the sacrifice; ājya-siktam—mixed with butter; tam—that; yajñiyam—the protector of the sacrifice; pañca-vidham—five; ca—and; pañcabhiḥ—by five; su-iṣṭam—worshiped; yajurbhiḥ—Vedic hymns; praṇataḥ—offer respectful obeisances; asmi—I; yajñam—to Yajña (Viṣṇu).
TRANSLATION
The fire-god said: My dear Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because by Your favor I am as luminous as blazing fire and I accept the offerings mixed with butter and offered in sacrifice. The five kinds of offerings according to the Yajur Veda are all Your different energies, and You are worshiped by five kinds of Vedic hymns. Sacrifice means Your Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is clearly said that  yajña  should be performed for Lord Viṣṇu. Lord Viṣṇu has one thousand popular transcendental names, out of which one name is Yajña. It is clearly said that everything should be done for the satisfaction of Yajña or Viṣṇu. All other actions which a