Text 43]
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
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Those who worship demigods are not very intelligent. Besides that, the demigods say, “We are Your eternal servants.” So those who are servants, or devotees of the Lord, are not very much concerned with fruitive activities, the performance of the prescribed  yajñas  or mental speculation. They simply serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead sincerely, with love and faith, performing everything with that loving service, and the Lord gives such devotees direct protection. In  Bhagavad-gītā  Lord Kṛṣṇa says, “Simply surrender unto Me, and I will give you protection from all the reactions of sinful activities.” This material world is so created that one has to act sinfully, knowingly or unknowingly, and unless his life is dedicated to Viṣṇu, he has to suffer all the reactions of sinful activities. But one who surrenders and dedicates his life for the service of the Lord has direct protection from the Lord. He has no fear of suffering from sinful activities, nor does he desire, willingly or unwillingly, to do anything which is sinful.
TEXT 43
गन्धर्वा ऊत्रुः
अंशांशास्ते देव मरीन्यादय एते
ब्रह्मेन्द्राद्या देवगणा रुद्रपुरोगाः ।
क्रीडाभाण्डं विश्वमिदं यस्य विभूमन्
तस्मै नित्यं नाथ नमस्ते करवाम ॥४३॥
gandharvā ūcuḥ
aṁśāṁśās te deva marīcy-ādaya ete
brahmendrādyā deva-gaṇā rudra-purogāḥ
krīḍā-bhāṇḍam viśvam idam yasya vibhūman
tasmai nityam nātha namas te karavāma
gandharvāḥ —the Gandharvas;  ūcuḥ —said;  aṁśa-aṁśāḥ —parts and parcels of Your body;  te —Your;  deva —dear Lord;  marīci-ādayaḥ —Marīci and the great sages;  ete —these;  brahma-indra-ādyāḥ —headed by Brahmā and Indra;  deva-gaṇāḥ —the demigods;  rudra-purogāḥ —having Lord Śiva as the chief;  krīḍā-bhāṇḍam —a plaything;  viśvam —the whole creation;  idam —this;  yasya —of whom;  vibhūman —the Supreme Almighty Great;  tasmai —unto Him;  nityam —always;  nātha —O Lord;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  te —unto You;  karavāma —we offer.