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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 21]
material existence we have many needs—all his material needs are satisfied, and when he at last quits his body, he goes back home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.
TEXT 34
असाविहानेकगुणोऽगुणोऽब्वरः
पृथग्विधद्रन्यगुणक्रियोक्तिमिः।
सम्पद्यतेऽर्थाशयलिङ्गनामभि-
विशुद्धविज्ञानधनः स्वरूपतः ॥३४॥
asāv ihāneka-guṇo 'guṇo 'dhvaraḥ pṛthag-vidha-dravya-guṇa-kriyoktibhiḥ sampadyate 'rthāśaya-liṅga-nāmabhir viśuddha-vijñāna-ghanaḥ svarūpataḥ
asau—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; iha—in this material world; aneka—various; guṇaḥ—qualities; aguṇaḥ—transcendental; adhvaraḥ—yajña; pṛthak - vidha — varieties; dravya — physical elements; guṇa — ingredients; kriyā—performances; uktibhiḥ—by chanting different mantras; sampadyate—is worshiped; artha—interest; āśaya—purpose; liṅga—form; nāmabhiḥ—name; viśuddha—without contamination; vijñāna—science; ghanaḥ—concentrated; svarūpataḥ—in his own form.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is transcendental and not contaminated by this material world. But although He is concentrated spirit soul without material variety, for the benefit of the conditioned soul He nevertheless accepts different types of sacrifice performed with various material elements, ritual and mantras and offered to the demigods under different names according to the interests and purposes of the performers.
PURPORT
For material prosperity there are recommendations in the  Vedas  for various types of  yajña  (sacrifice). In  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.10) it is confirmed that Lord Brahmā created all living entities, including human beings and demigods, and advised them to perform  yajña  according to their material desires ( saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā ). These performances are called  yajñas  because their ultimate goal is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu. The purpose of performing  yajñas  is to get material benefit, but because the aim is to simultaneously satisfy the Supreme Lord, such  yajñas  have been recommended in the  Vedas . Such performances are, of