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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 16]
another. The whole problem of life is this repetition of birth and death. Therefore one is advised to work to perform  yajña  meant for satisfying Lord Viṣṇu. Although Lord Paraśurāma was an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he had to account for sinful activities. Anyone in this material world, however careful he may be, must commit some sinful activities, even though he does not want to. For example, one may trample many small ants and other insects while walking on the street and kill many living beings unknowingly. Therefore the Vedic principle of  pañca-yajña , five kinds of recommended sacrifice, is compulsory. In this age of Kali, however, there is a great concession given to people in general.  Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ : we may worship Lord Caitanya, the hidden incarnation of Kṛṣṇa.  Kṛṣṇa-varṇam tviṣākṛṣṇam : although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, He always chants Hare Kṛṣṇa and preaches Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One is recommended to worship this incarnation by chanting, the  saṅkīrtana-yajña . The performance of  saṅkīrtana-yajña  is a special concession for human society to save people from being affected by known or unknown sinful activities. We are surrounded by unlimited sins, and therefore it is compulsory that one take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahāmantra .
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स्वदेहं जमदग्निस्तु लब्ध्वा संज्ञानलक्षणम् । ऋषीणां मण्डले सोऽभूत् सप्तमो रामप्रजितः ॥२४॥
sva-deham jamadagnis tu labdhvā saṁjñāna-lakṣaṇam ṛṣīṇām maṇḍale so 'bhūt saptamo rāma-pūjitaḥ
sva-deham —his own body;  jamadagniḥ —the great sage Jamadagni;  tu —but;  labdhvā —regaining;  saṁjñāna-lakṣaṇam —showing full symptoms of life, knowledge and remembrance;  ṛṣīṇām —of the great  ṛṣis ;  maṇḍale —in the group of seven stars;  saḥ —he, Jamadagni;  abhūt —later became;  saptamaḥ —the seventh;  rāma-pūjitaḥ —because of being worshiped by Lord Paraśurāma.