56 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 1
the Supreme by feasible goods is recommended. Generally, the sacrifice is
offered with clarified butter and grains, but with the progress of time,
human society has produced varieties of goods by transforming materials
supplied by God’s material nature. Human society, therefore, must learn
to offer sacrifices not only with clarified butter, but also with other
manufactured goods in the propagation of the Lord’s glory, and that will
bring about perfection in human society. The intelligent class of men, or
brahmanas, may give direction for such sacrifices in consultation with the
previous acaryas; the administrators may give all facilities to perform such
sacrifices; the vaisya class or mercantile community, who produce such
goods, may offer them for sacrifice, and the sidra class may offer their
manual labor for the successful termination of such sacrifice; Thus by the
cooperation of all classes of human beings, the sacrifice recommended in
this age, namely the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name
of the Lord, may be executed for the common welfare for all the people
of the world.
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a Metta: BAA AAT a |
aamtastag agit ates
WA ATTA A TASH Fafa 3
lyan asav isvara-vigrahasya
yah sannivesah kathito maya te
sandharyate’smin vapusi sthavisthe
manah svabuddhyé na yato’sti kificit
iyan—all these; asau—that; isvara—Supreme Lord; vigrahasya—of the
form; yah—whatsoever; sannivesah—as they are located; kathitah—ex-
plained; maya—by me; te—unto you; sandharyate—one may concentrate;
asmin—in this; vapusi—form of virata; sthavisthe—in the gross; manah—
mind; svabuddhya—by one’s intelligence; na—not; yatah—beyond Him;
asti—there is; kificit—anything else.
