Text 2] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 105

yatha taror miila-nisecanena
trpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopasékhah
pranopaharac ca yathendriyanam
tathaiva sarvarhanam acyutejya

“As pouring water on the root of a tree nourishes the trunk, branches,
twigs and leaves, and as supplying food to the stomach enlivens the
senses and limbs of the body, worshiping the Supreme Personality of
Godhead satisfies the demigods, who are part of that Supreme Per-
sonality.” Performing yajfa involves worshiping the Supreme Lord.
Here the Supreme Lord worshiped the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is
said, bhagavén atmanatmanam ije: the Lord worshiped Himself by
Himself. This does not, of course, justify the Mayavada philosophy, by
which one thinks himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The jiva,
the living entity, is always different from the Supreme Lord. The living
entities (vibhinndmsa) never become one with the Lord, although
Mayavadis sometimes imitate the Lord’s worship of Himself. Lord Krsna
meditated upon Himself every morning as a grhastha, and similarly Lord
Ramacandra performed yajrias to satisfy Himself, but this does not mean
that an ordinary living being should imitate the Lord by accepting the
process of aharigraha-updsand. Such unauthorized worship is not

recommended herein.

TEXT 2
Haas vA aT Tat ATTA a: 1 VA

hotre ‘dadad disam pracim
brahmane daksinam prabhuh

adhvaryave praticim va
uttardm sdmagaya sah

hotre—unto the hota priest, who offers oblations; adadat—gave;
disam—direction; pracim—the whole eastern side; brahmane—unto
the brahmé priest, who supervises what is done in the sacrificial
arena; daksinadm—the southern side; prabhuh—Lord Ramacandra;
