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is                  sun,                         Lord
           yajña      of life:   as   directors.            of


           and                 such                         servants

           [sacrifice],   This verse explains how mankind can easily  grains, beans, vegetables and milk. Agricul- tural produc on depends on sufficient rain.   necessi es  wind,  moon,  etc.  for  sustaining  living  en -  universal   by  The same arrangement exists in every mu- nicipality which has a water agency with a  CEO and his management team to oversee  the supply of water, sewage, and water pu-  all   are





           yajña      obtain the essen al necessi es


           of                  other   controlled           directors
           performance         Rain    es          rifica on.   etc.                                     Philosopher: That sounds very simple and easy to do.
    5   “All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains.   and   are   The director of rain in the universe is the demigod Indra; the sun, Vi-  These  Krishna. Lord Krishna is sa sfied by yajna (sacrifice). One who cannot  perform sacrifice for the Lord, will be subject to scarcity of food grains  due to the disrup on of supply of necessi es by the universal directors.  The laws of nature established by Lord Krishna require regulated per- formance of sacrifices f





           by                                               Vayu,
           produced  born of prescribed du es.” (Bg 3.14)   wind,                                 ly. Thus there is no scarcity.




           are                                              the

           Rains                                            vasvan;







                                              serve                                             Any            and   Krishna   He


                                              constantly                                        a achment.     religious   on   as   fight   devo on.





                                              must                                              of   sign      based   and   duty   pure   of


                                              devotee                                           another        arguments   his   knowledge




    60  sociology, but he did not know that knowledge of ma er, soul, and the  Supersoul are all coming originally from Lord Krishna the Supreme Per- sonality of Godhead, is even more important than religious formularies.  The following of religion for personal benefit such as to seek relief of  distress, to gain wealth, to overcome health problems, legal, financial  complexi es, to gain power to control and victory over others and na- ture, etc., are all material goals that are not sy

                                              ac on.                                            fight           intelligent   should   lacked



                                              frui ve                                           to             many   he   why   He   do.



                                              and                                               refusal   was to fight as a ma er of duty.   presented   principles   to   him

                                              philosophy,                                       Arjuna’s   ma.   Arjuna   moral   wanted
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