SB 1.17.33 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 33
- Na vartitabyam tat adharma bandho
- Dharmena satyena cha vartitabye.
- Brahmavarte yatra yajanti yajnair
- Yajeswaram yajnavitana vijnah.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Na—Not, Vartitavyam—deserve to remain, Tat—therefore, Adharma—irreligiosity, Bandho—friend, Dharmena—with religion, Satyena—with truth, Cha—also, Vartitavye—being situated in, Brahmavarte—place where sacrifice is performed, Yatra—where, Yajanti—duly perform, Yajnair—by sacrifices or devotional services, Yajneswaram—unto the Supreme Lord the Personality of Godhead, Yajna—sacrifice, Vitana—spreading, Vijnah—experts.
TRANSLATION
Oh the friend of irreligiosity you do not therefore deserve to remain in the place where in terms of religious principle and truthfulness sacrifices are performed by experts who know how to propagate the sacrificial activities for satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
Yajneswara or the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the beneficiary of all kinds of sacrificial ceremonies. Such sacrificial ceremonies are prescribed in the scriptures differently for different ages. In other words sacrifice means to accept the supremacy of the Lord and thereby perform acts by which the Lord may be satisfied in all respects. The atheist does not believe in the existence of God and they do not perform any sacrifice for the satisfaction of the Lord. Any place or country where the supremacy of the Lord is accepted and thus sacrifice is performed is called Brahmavarta. There are different countries in different parts of the world and each and every of country may have different types of accepting process or sacrificial method for pleasing the Supreme Lord but the central point of such pleasing method is ascertained in the Bhagwatam and it is truthfulness. Basic principle of religion is truthfulness and the ultimate goal of all religions is to satisfy the Lord. In this age of Kali the greatest common formula of sacrificial method is Samkirtan Yajna. That is the opinion of the experts who know how to propagate the process of Yajna. Lord Chaitanya preached this method of Yajna and it is understood from this verse of Srimad Bhagwatam that anywhere and everywhere the sacrificial method of Sankirtan Yajna may be performed in order to drive away the personality of Kali and save the human society from falling a prey to the influence of the age.