208 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 6
TEXT 53
UY 8 BF AMTISET AGfaBaIsaTA 2 |
THA VATA HTM ATE UNI
esa te rudra bhago ’stu
yad-ucchisto ‘dhvarasya vai
yajfias te rudra bhagena
kalpatam adya yajna-han

esah—this; te—your; rudra—O Lord Siva; bhagah—portion; astu—let it
be; yat—whatever; ucchistah—is the remainder; adhvarasya—of the sacri-
fice; vai—indeed; yajiah—the sacrifice; te—your; rudra—O Rudra; bhagena
—by the portion; kalpatam—may be completed; adya—today; yajiia-han—
O destroyer of the sacrifice.

TRANSLATION

O destroyer of the sacrifice, please take your portion of the sacrifice

and let the sacrifice be completed by your grace.
PURPORT

A sacrifice is a ceremony Shy on to please the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. In the Srimad-Bhdgavatam, First Canto, Second
Chapter, it is stated that everyone should try to understand whether the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied by his activity. In other words,
the aim of our activities should be to satisfy the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Just as in an office it is the duty of the worker to see that the
proprietor or the master is satisfied, so everyone’s duty is to see whether
the Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied by one’s activity. Activities
to satisfy the Supreme Godhead are prescribed in the Vedic literature, and
execution of such activities is called yajia. In other words, acting on
behalf of the Supreme Lord is called yajfia. One should know very well that
any other activity besides yajia is the cause of material bondage. That is
explained in Bhagavad-gita, Third Chapter, ninth verse: yajfdrthat
karmano’nyatra loko ’yatn karma-bandhanah. Karma-bandhanah means
that if we do not work for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, Visnu,
then the reaction of our work will bind us. One should not work for his
own sense gratification. Everyone should work for the satisfaction of God.
That is called yajiia.

After the yajiia was performed by Daksa, all the demigods expected
prasadam, the remnants of foodstuffs offered to Vigsnu. Lord Siva is one of
