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not mean that he does not show him respect. Similarly, one who engages
in the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Lord does not need to
worship any demigod, nor does he have any tendency to show disrespect
to the demigods. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gita it is stated, ye’py anya-
devatd-bhaktd yajante sraddhaydanvitah. The Lord says that anyone who
worships the demigods is also worshiping Him, but he is worshiping
avidhi-piirvakam, which means without following the regulative principles.
The regulative principle is to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Worship of demigods may indirectly be worship of the Personality of
Godhead, but it is not regulated. By worshiping the Supreme Lord, one
automatically serves all the demigods because they are parts and parcels of
the whole. If one supplies water to the root of a tree, all the parts of the
tree, such as the leaves and branches, are automatically satisfied, and if one
supplies food to the stomach, all the limbs of the body—the hands, legs,
fingers, etc.—are nourished. Thus by worshiping the Supreme Personality
of Godhead one can satisfy all the demigods, but by worshiping all the
demigods one does not completely worship the Supreme Lord. Therefore
worship of the demigods is irregular, and it is disrespectful to the
scriptural injunctions. .
In this age of Kali it is practically impossible to perform the deva-yajiia
or sacrifices to the demigods. As such, in this age Srimad-Bhdgavatam recom-
mends sankirtana-yajia. Yajiaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah.
(Bhag. 11.5.32) “In this age the intelligent person completes the perfor-
mances of all kinds of yajfas simply by chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
Hare.” Tasmin tuste jagat-tustah: ‘‘When Lord Vignu is satisfied, al] the
demigods who are part and parcels of the Supreme Lord are satisfied.”
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Second
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled, “Daksa Curses Lord Siva.”
