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benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It in-
creases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste
the nectar for which we are always anxious.”

Therefore, the best performance of yajria given to us is the
sankirtana-yajna. Yajraih sankirtana-prdyair yajanti hi sumedhasah
(Bhég. 11.5.32). Those who are intelligent take advantage of the
greatest yajna in this age by chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra in
congregation. When the Hare Krsna mantra is chanted by many men
together, the chanting is called sarkirtana, and as a result of such a
yajna there will be clouds in the sky (yajridd bhavati parjanyah). In
these days of drought, people can gain relief from scarcity of rain and
food by the simple method of the Hare Krsna yajria. Indeed, this can
relieve all of human society. At present there are droughts throughout
Europe and America, and people are suffering, but if people take this
Krsna consciousness movement seriously, if they stop their sinful ac-
tivities and chant the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra, all their problems will
be solved without difficulty. In other processes of yajfa there are dif-
ficulties because there are no learned scholars who can chant the mantras
perfectly well, nor is it possible to secure the ingredients to perform the
yajna. Because human society is poverty-stricken and men are devoid of
Vedic knowledge and the power to chant the Vedic mantras, the Hare
Krsna mahd-mantra is the only shelter. People should be intelligent
enough to chant it. Yajraih sankirtana-prdyair yajanti hi sumedhasah.
Those whose brains are dull cannot understand this chanting, nor can
they take to it.

TEXT 18 *
qa Aaa THRATA TqrHleATT: |
ar | daeqareqnad «= qatar 2cil

yuyam brahma-vido yuktas
tapasd dagdha-kilbisah

kutah sankalpa-vaisamyam
anrtam vibudhesv iva

ytiyam—of all you; brahma-vidah—completely in awareness of the
Absolute Truth; yuktah—self-controlled and well balanced; tapasé—by
