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another. The whole problem of life is this repetition of birth and death.
Therefore one is advised to work to perform yajria meant for satisfying
Lord Visnu. Although Lord Parasurama was an incarnation of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, he had to account for sinful activities.
Anyone in this material world, however careful he may be, must commit
some sinful activities, even though he does not want to. For example, one
may trample many small ants and other insects while walking on the
street and kill many living beings unknowingly. Therefore the Vedic
principle of parica-yajna, five kinds of recommended sacrifice, is com-
pulsory. In this age of Kali, however, there is a great concession given to
people in general. Yajriaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah:
we may worship Lord Caitanya, the hidden incarnation of Krsna. Krsna-
varnam tvisakrsnam: although He is Krsna Himself, He always chants
Hare Krsna and preaches Krsna consciousness. One is recommended to
worship this incarnation by chanting, the sarikirtana-yajra. The perfor-
mance of sankirtana-yajna is a special concession for human society to
save people from being affected by known or unknown sinful activities.
We are surrounded by unlimited sins, and therefore it is compulsory that
one take to Krsna consciousness and chant the Hare Krsna mahda-
mantra.

TEXT 24

Ree THM sea ATATITT |
AUNT PSS ATA TAA TATSTg: UVM

sva-deham jamadagnis tu
labdhva samjndna-laksanam

rsinam mandale so ’bhit
saptamo rama-pijitah

sva-deham—his own body; jamadagnih—the great sage Jamadagni;
tu—but; labdhva—regaining; sarijndna-laksanam—showing full
symptoms of life, knowledge and remembrance; rsindm—of the great
rsis; mandale—in the group of seven stars; sah—he, Jamadagni;
abhit—later became; saptamah—the seventh; rdma-pijitah —because
of being worshiped by Lord Parasuréma.
