responsible party for a better government. In the cosmic adminis-
tration there is only one party, which consists of the servants of
God. and the responsible deities of the various planets maintain
the cosmic laws in terms of the orders of the Supreme Lord. But
the people suffer on account of their own folly.

And what is that folly? In Bhagavad-gita it is said that people
should perform yajnas, or sacrifices for the satisfaction of the
Supreme.

annad bhavanti bhiitant
parjanyad anna-sambhavah

yvajnad bhavati parjanyo
yajfrah karma-samudbhavah

“All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced
from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajnia [sacri-
fice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties.” (Bg. 3.14)

The Supreme is all-pervading. Therefore people must learn to
perform yajnas to satisfy four different ages, and in the present
age of iron industry the yajna that enlightens the mind of the
masses for God consciousness is recommended. This process of
yajna is called the sankirtana-yajna, or mass congregation for
invoking man’s lost spiritual consciousness. As soon as this
movement is taken up through spiritual singing, dancing, and
feasting, the people will automatically become obedient and
honest.

Obedience is the first law of discipline. The people have be-
come disobedient to the laws of God, and therefore neither rain
nor wealth is equally distributed. A man who is ultimately disobe-
dient cannot have any good qualification. When disobedient lead-
ers lead the disobedient people, the whole atmosphere of the
administration becomes polluted and full of dangers, as when a
blind man leads several other blind men. The state taxes, there-
fore, should be spent to build the character of the people in
general. That will bring happiness to the citizens of the state.=
