252 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 7

devarena sutotpattim
kalau parca vivarjayet

“In this age of Kali. five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in
sacrifice. the offering of a cow in sacrifice. the acceptance of the order of
sannyasa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a
man's begetting children in his brother's wife.” (Ce. Adi 17.164) Such
sacrifices are impossible in this age due to the scarcity of expert bradhma-
nas or rtvijah who are able to take the responsibility. In the absence of
these. the sankirtana-yajna is recommended. Yajfaih sankirtana-
prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah (Bhag. 11.5.32). After all, sacrifices are
executed to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yajnartha-kar-
ma: such activities should be carried out for the Supreme Lord's
pleasure. In this age of Kali, the Supreme Lord in His incarnation of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu should be worshiped with His associates by perfor-
mance of sankirtana-yajna, the congregational chanting of the Hare
Krsna mantra. This process is accepted by intelligent men. Yajraih
sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah. The word sumedhasah refers
to intelligent men who possess very good brain substance.

TEXT 6

THI aay fifasaad wakaaad ye
Te mem aged adtanfssat = aaIMAfTETA
aed wera amas TET GT AATATA STRAT
aaa easaagtvaay a& aaa samt
STAT TOUTTATTTT TT I & 1

sampracaratsu nand-yagesu viracitarnga-kriyesv apirvarn yat tat kriya-
phalam dharmakhyam pare brahmani yajfia-puruse sarva-devata-
linganam mantranam artha-niyama-kataya saksat-kartari para-
devatayam bhagavati vasudeva eva bhavayamana atma-naipunya-
mrdita-kasayo havihsv adhvaryubhir grhyamanesu sa yajamano yajna-
bhajo devams tan purusavayavesv abhyadhyayat.
