It is correct that Yajna is most important, which is elaborately discussed in first part of the Veda called Karma Kanda. But unfortuntately, the real meaning of Yajna is lost. Foolish people have misinterpreted this. The word Yajna comes from the root word ‘Yaj’ which means worship and to donate. Therefore Yajna means the process of worship with donation. There are three essential Yajnas.
1. Havir Yajna: Any item prepared by ghee should be donated as Tiffin.
2. Soma Yajna: Offering juice of soma, which is nothing but coffee or tea.
3. Paka Yajna: Offering full meals.
Every Yajna must be followed by the offer of guru dakshina without which, the yajna becomes useless (adakshina hato yajnah). The meaning of this is that by offering food, you have donated the primary facility to satisfy the hunger. By offering Dakshina, the other facilities are also donated. Here the context is the occasion to worship the Lord through discussion of divine knowledge and singing devotional songs. It is started in the morning and goes up to noon. Light food must be taken in the beginning so that one remains energetic. One should not fast completely because the body becomes weak and the mind cannot concentrate. At the same time, heavy food must not be taken in the beginning, which gives inactive drowsiness. The Gita says that both extremities should be avoided (natyasna tastu …). At the end the meals must be offered.
Who should be worshipped in the Yajna? God will be first choice, who is called as Brahma. A devotee is the next choice, who is called as Brahmana meaning that he who knows the divine knowledge of Brahma. The last choice is any fellow who is not an atheist and who can be representative of God. This last choice can be a person who simply recited the Vedas without knowing the meaning and who is called as Vipra only and not Brahmana. The human incarnation is directly the God. God pervades all over that human body. The second address of God is the heart of a devotee. Both these are direct worships. The last choice of worship is indirect worship about which also God is pleased. If the representative of the king is honoured, the king is pleased. But, the representative is neither God nor God is present in the representative. The most important point is that the formless God or inert statues cannot be worshipped in Yajna because Yajna is essentially donation of food to a living being. That is the reason why you don’t find any statue near Yajna. God in energetic body also cannot be worshipped because energetic body cannot eat the Tiffin, coffee and the meals. Foolish people, who only recite and do not understand the Veda, have brought the God in energetic body into the Yajna. They thought that Havis means directly ghee, which [actually] means only a food item prepared by ghee. When a doctor says ‘avoid oil’, does it mean avoiding direct drinking of oil? Nobody drinks oil. It means only food prepared by oil. Similarly, a human being with hunger is called as Agni or fire. The Gita calls the hunger as Vaishwanara fire. You have to offer the food to the hunger fire. Fools who do not know Shastras and even the Sanskrit language have misunderstood that fire means the physical fire and ghee means directly ghee. They started pouring ghee in the physical fire (bhowtikagni or loukikagni). Sages used to go to the place of a sage for such worship. Singing devotional songs is recitation of the Saama Veda. Spiritual discussions are the Upanishads, which come under Jnana kanda of the Veda. Yajna is offering food to devotees in such a divine seminar. This is the reason why I condemned the mere recitation of the Vedas without studying Sanskrit and Shastras. Ofcourse My salutations are to ancient scholars who recited the Vedas and protected the pure text without any insertions. But, those scholars studied meanings of the Vedas also. Now the Vedas are recorded in original form and there is no fear of any pollution in the future. Therefore mere recitation of the Vedas is now not necessary.
1. Havir Yajna: Any item prepared by ghee should be donated as Tiffin.
2. Soma Yajna: Offering juice of soma, which is nothing but coffee or tea.
3. Paka Yajna: Offering full meals.
Every Yajna must be followed by the offer of guru dakshina without which, the yajna becomes useless (adakshina hato yajnah). The meaning of this is that by offering food, you have donated the primary facility to satisfy the hunger. By offering Dakshina, the other facilities are also donated. Here the context is the occasion to worship the Lord through discussion of divine knowledge and singing devotional songs. It is started in the morning and goes up to noon. Light food must be taken in the beginning so that one remains energetic. One should not fast completely because the body becomes weak and the mind cannot concentrate. At the same time, heavy food must not be taken in the beginning, which gives inactive drowsiness. The Gita says that both extremities should be avoided (natyasna tastu …). At the end the meals must be offered.
Who should be worshipped in the Yajna? God will be first choice, who is called as Brahma. A devotee is the next choice, who is called as Brahmana meaning that he who knows the divine knowledge of Brahma. The last choice is any fellow who is not an atheist and who can be representative of God. This last choice can be a person who simply recited the Vedas without knowing the meaning and who is called as Vipra only and not Brahmana. The human incarnation is directly the God. God pervades all over that human body. The second address of God is the heart of a devotee. Both these are direct worships. The last choice of worship is indirect worship about which also God is pleased. If the representative of the king is honoured, the king is pleased. But, the representative is neither God nor God is present in the representative. The most important point is that the formless God or inert statues cannot be worshipped in Yajna because Yajna is essentially donation of food to a living being. That is the reason why you don’t find any statue near Yajna. God in energetic body also cannot be worshipped because energetic body cannot eat the Tiffin, coffee and the meals. Foolish people, who only recite and do not understand the Veda, have brought the God in energetic body into the Yajna. They thought that Havis means directly ghee, which [actually] means only a food item prepared by ghee. When a doctor says ‘avoid oil’, does it mean avoiding direct drinking of oil? Nobody drinks oil. It means only food prepared by oil. Similarly, a human being with hunger is called as Agni or fire. The Gita calls the hunger as Vaishwanara fire. You have to offer the food to the hunger fire. Fools who do not know Shastras and even the Sanskrit language have misunderstood that fire means the physical fire and ghee means directly ghee. They started pouring ghee in the physical fire (bhowtikagni or loukikagni). Sages used to go to the place of a sage for such worship. Singing devotional songs is recitation of the Saama Veda. Spiritual discussions are the Upanishads, which come under Jnana kanda of the Veda. Yajna is offering food to devotees in such a divine seminar. This is the reason why I condemned the mere recitation of the Vedas without studying Sanskrit and Shastras. Ofcourse My salutations are to ancient scholars who recited the Vedas and protected the pure text without any insertions. But, those scholars studied meanings of the Vedas also. Now the Vedas are recorded in original form and there is no fear of any pollution in the future. Therefore mere recitation of the Vedas is now not necessary.
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