BG Text 3.

10
 Bg. 3.10
saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā
purovāca prajāpatiḥ
anena prasaviṣyadhvam
eṣa vo ’stv iṣṭa-kāma-dhuk
 Translation

• In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all

creatures sent forth generations of men and
demigods, along with sacrifices for Viṣṇu, and
blessed them by saying, “Be thou happy by this
yajña [sacrifice] because its performance will
bestow upon you everything desirable for living
happily and achieving liberation.”
Why did the lord create the
Vedas?

• The Vedic principles are to help us understand this

eternal relation, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā:
vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ. The Lord says
that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand Him. In
the Vedic hymns it is said: patiṁ
viśvasyātmeśvaram. Therefore, the Lord of the living
entities is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu.
Why did the lord create the
Material world?
• The prajā-pati is Lord Viṣṇu, and He is the Lord of all living
creatures, all worlds, and all beauties, and the protector of
everyone. The Lord created this material world to enable the
conditioned souls to learn how to perform yajñas (sacrifices)
for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu, so that while in the material
world they can live very comfortably without anxiety, and
after finishing the present material body they can enter into
the kingdom of God. That is the whole program for the
conditioned soul.
What Yajña should we
perform in this material
world?
• “In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed
with sufficient intelligence will worship the
Lord, who is accompanied by His associates,
by performance of saṅkīrtana-yajña.”
Other yajñas prescribed in the Vedic literatures
are not easy to perform in this Age of Kali, but
the saṅkīrtana-yajña is easy and sublime for
all purposes, as recommended in Bhagavad-
gītā also (9.14).