860 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 16

means to get free from the reaction of all sins committed by the fruitive
workers. Sacrifice is the means for counteracting such accumulated sins.
The demigods are pleased when such sacrifices are performed, just as
prison officers are satisfied when the prisoners are turned into obedient
subjects. Lord Caitanya, however, has recommended only one yajfia or
sacrifice, called the sankirtana-yajfia, the chanting of Hare Krsna, in which
everyone can take part. Thus both devotees and fruitive workers can
derive equal benefit from the performances of sankirtana-yajiia.

TEXT 21

am at wags = FeA-
AMY WSS FOTN URI

araksyamanah striya urvi balan
Socasy atho purusadair ivartan

vacam devim brahma-kule kukarmany
abrahmanye raja-kule kulagryan

araksyamanah—unprotected; striyah—women; urvi—on the earth; balan
—children; socasi— you are feeling compassion; atho—as such; purusa-adaih
—by men;iva—like that; artan—those who are unhappy ; vacam—vocabulary;
devim—the goddess; brahma-kule—in the family of the brahmana; kukar-
mani—acts against the principles of religion; abrahmanye—persons against
the brahminical culture; raja-kule—in the administrative family; kula-
agryan—most of all the families (the brahmanas).

TRANSLATION

Are you feeling compunction for the unhappy women and children
who are left forlorn by unscrupulous persons? Or are you unhappy
because the goddess of learning is being handled by brahmanas addicted to
acts against the principles of religion? Or are you sorry to see that the
brahmanas have taken shelter of administrative families that do not respect
brahminical culture?
