There are so many yajnas... And sometimes India, they perform so-called yajnas. They collect some money. That's all. It cannot be successful because there is no yajnic brahmana. The yajnic brahmana is not in existence at the present moment

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"there are so many yajñas. And sometimes India, they perform so-called yajñas. They collect some money, that's all. It cannot be successful, because there is no yajñic brāhmaṇa" |"The yajñic brāhmaṇa is not in existence at the present moment"

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This is the only prescribed yajña. Other yajñas, Rājasūya yajña, this yajña, that . . . there are so many yajñas. And sometimes India, they perform so-called yajñas. They collect some money, that's all. It cannot be successful, because there is no yajñic brāhmaṇa. The yajñic brāhmaṇa is not in existence at the present moment. The yajñic brāhmaṇa used to test how correctly they are pronouncing Vedic mantra. The test was that one animal should be put into the fire, and he would again come with fresh, young body.

730808 - Lecture BG 02.08 - London

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ

saṅgopaṅgāstra-pārṣadam

yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair

yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ

(SB 11.5.32)

So here, in this room especially, kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam, here is Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but His complexion is akṛṣṇa, "not blackish." Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣa . . . tviṣa means by complexion. Akṛṣṇa. Yellowish. Saṅgopaṅgāstra-pārṣadam: and He's accompanied by His associates, Nityānanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu, śrīvāsādi gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. This is the worshipable Deity in this age. Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇa.

So what is the process of worship? Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanair prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ. This saṅkīrtana-yajña as we are performing before Lord Caitanya, Nityānanda and others, this is the perfect performance of yajña in this age. Otherwise, no other . . . therefore it is becoming successful. This is the only prescribed yajña. Other yajñas, Rājasūya yajña, this yajña, that . . . there are so many yajñas. And sometimes India, they perform so-called yajñas. They collect some money, that's all. It cannot be successful, because there is no yajñic brāhmaṇa.

The yajñic brāhmaṇa is not in existence at the present moment. The yajñic brāhmaṇa used to test how correctly they are pronouncing Vedic mantra. The test was that one animal should be put into the fire, and he would again come with fresh, young body. Then it is tested that the yajña is being performed nicely. The brāhmaṇa, the yajñic brāhmaṇa, they are pronouncing the Veda mantra correctly, this is the test. But where is that brāhmaṇa in this age? Therefore no yajña is recommended. Kalau pañca vivarjayet.