Chapter 3 Text Cycle of Life being sustained. Dependence on nature. Cycle of sacrifices and sinful life. AS IT IS

Text annäd bhavanti bhütäni parjanyäd anna- sambhavaù yajïäd bhavati parjanyo yajïaù karma- samudbhavaù “All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajïa [sacrifice], and yajïa is born of prescribed duties.” karma brahmodbhavaà viddhi brahmäkñara- samudbhavam tasmät sarva-gataà brahma nityaà yajïe pratiñöhitam “Regulated activities are prescribed in the Vedas, and the Vedas are directly manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the all- pervading Transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice.”

Cycle of life. All living beings subsist on Food Grains Rains Possible by Performing Sacrifices (Yajna) Prescribed Duties

Cycle of Life Cont… Prescribed Duties Vedas Supreme Lord is present in the act of sacrifices and thus in prescribed duties.

Text 16 evaà pravartitaà cakraà nänuvartayatéha yaù aghäyur indriyärämo moghaà pärtha sa jévati “My dear Arjuna, one who does not follow in human life the cycle of sacrifice thus established by the Vedas certainly leads a life full of sin. Living only for the satisfaction of the senses, such a person lives in vain.”

Summary Demigods – servants of Krsna. Material world is place of contaminations. By eating Krsna Prasad we become immunized. Veg. and non-veg. food both depend on field produce and thus on rains and so forth. Vedas come from the breathing of Lord – omnipotent Lord. Worship of demigods is meant for gradual elevation to Krsna Consciousness. If it doesn’t come to Krsna Consciousness, it is simply moral codes.