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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 22]
dhayā —with great faith;  yajantaḥ —worshiping;  añjasā —without difficulty;  śreyaḥ —the ultimate benefit of life;  samadhigacchanti —they attain.
TRANSLATION
According to the system of four varṇas and four āśramas, people generally worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, who is situated as the sun-god. With great faith they worship the Supreme Personality as the Supersoul according to ritualistic ceremonies handed down in the three Vedas, such as agnihotra and similar higher and lower fruitive acts, and according to the process of mystic yoga. In this way they very easily attain the ultimate goal of life.
TEXT 5
अथ स एष आत्मा लोकानां द्यावापृथिव्योरन्तरेण नमोवलयस्य काल- चक्रगतो द्वादश मासान् भुङ्क्ते राशिसंज्ञान् संवत्सरावयवान्मासः पक्षद्वयं दिवा नक्तं चेति सपादर्क्षद्वयमुपदिशन्ति यावता षष्ठमंशं भुञ्जीत स वै ऋतुरित्युपदिश्यते संवत्सरावयवः ॥ ५ ॥
atha sa eṣa ātmā lokānāṁ dyāv-āpṛthivyor antareṇa nabho-valayasya kālacakra-gato dvādaśa māsān bhuṅkte rāśi-saṁjñān saṁvatsarāvayavān māsaḥ pakṣa-dvayaṁ divā naktaṁ ceti sapādarkṣa- dvayam upadiśanti yāvatā ṣaṣtham aṁśaṁ bhuñjīta sa vai ṛtur ity upadiśyate saṁvatsarāva yavaḥ.
atha —therefore;  saḥ —He;  eṣaḥ —this;  ātmā —the living force;  lokānām —of all the three worlds;  dyav-ā-pṛthivyoḥ antareṇa —between the upper and lower portions of the universe;  nabhaḥ-valayasya —of outer space;  kāla-cakra-gataḥ —positioned in the wheel of time;  dvādaśa māsān —twelve months;  bhuṅkte —passes;  rāśi-saṁjñān —named after the zodiac signs;  saṁvatsara-avayavān —the parts of the whole year;  māsaḥ —one month;  pakṣa-dvayam —two fortnights;  divā —a day;  naktam ca —and a night;  iti —thus;  sapāda-ṛkṣa-dvayam —by stellar calculations, two and a quarter constellations;  upadiśanti —they instruct;  yāvatā —by as much time;  ṣaṣtham aṁśam —