Text 53] Lord Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva 209
the demigods, so naturally he also expected his share of the prasadam
from the yajfia. But Daksa, out of his envy for Lord Siva, did not invite
Siva to participate in the yajiia, nor did he give him his share after the
offering. But after the destruction of the yajfia arena by the followers of
Lord Siva, Lord Brahma pacified him and assured him that he would get
his share of prasadam. Thus he was requested to rectify whatever destruc-
tion was caused by the followers.

In Bhagavad-gita, Third Chapter, eleventh verse, it is said that all the
demigods are satisfied when one performs yajfia. Because the demigods
expect prasadam from yajfias, yajfia must be performed. Those who
engage in sense gratificatory materialistic activities must perform yajia,
otherwise they will be implicated. Thus Daksa, being the father of man-
kind, was performing a and Lord Siva expected his share. But since he
was not invited, there was trouble. By the mediation of Lord Brahma,
however, everything was settled satisfactorily.

The performance of yajfia is a very difficult task because all the demigods
must be invited to participate in the yajia. In this Kali-yuga it is not
possible to perform such costly sacrifices, nor is it possible to invite the
demigods to participate. Therefore in this age, it is recommended, yajfiaip
sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah (Bhag. 11.5.32). Those who are
intelligent should know that in the Kali-yuga there is no possibility of
performing the Vedic sacrifices. But unless one pleases the demigods,
there will be no regulated seasonal activities or rainfall. Everything is
controlled by the demigods. Under the circumstances, in this age, in order
to keep the balance of social peace and prosperity, all intelligent men
should execute the performance of sankirtana-yajia by chanting the holy
names Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare
Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. One should invite people, chant Hare
Krsna, and then distribute prasadam. This yajfia will satisfy all the demi-
gods, and thus there will be peace and prosperity in the world. Another
difficulty in performing the Vedic rituals is that if one fails to satisfy even
one demigod out of the many hundreds of thousands of demigods, just as
Daksa failed to satisfy Lord Siva, there will be disaster. But in this age the
performance of sacrifice has been simplified. One can chant Hare Krsna,
and by pleasing Krsna one can satisfy all the demigods automatically.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Sixth
re of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Lord Brahma Satisfies Lord

iva.”
