Is It Not Necessary to Conduct Fire-sacrifices for Getting Rain?

(This question is part of a mahā satsaṅga or a great spiritual discussion between Swami and several devotees who had come from various places, seeking the clarification of their doubts.)

[It is told in Gita that the cloud is born from the sacrifice to give rains (Yajnaat bhavati parjanyah). Then, is it not necessary to do the sacrifice for rains?]

Swami replied:- The word Yajna comes from the root word ‘Yaj’, which means worship of God through practical sacrifice and prayers. This root word is not giving the meaning that ghee shall be burnt in physical fire, which is bitterly criticized by Kapila and Krishna. The only way to worship God is to serve the contemporary human incarnation through practical sacrifice and service along with theoretical devotion by singing prayers. The practical sacrifice is karma yoga or karma kaanda and hence, the alternative word for Yajna is also karma or practical offering to God. 80% of the Veda deals with this practical sacrifice only. The Yajna is always associated with the practical sacrifice of food with much ghee (simply called as ghee) to be offered to the hunger fire (Vaishvaanara agni) of Sadguru and followed by offering of money (Dakshina). If practical offering is absent, the Yajna dies (Adakshina hato yajnah). All these points basically mean revering God in human form present before our eyes through worship, devotion and practical service and sacrifice as a proof of theoretical devotion. Firm belief in the human form of God can be obtained through the spiritual knowledge arrived by sharp analysis of scriptures (Jnaana Yoga). When the God in human form, called Sadguru or Brahma is satisfied, all the angels present in Him get satisfied (Yaavatiirvai...—Veda). Indra, the main angel initiates the clouds to give rains. Such real form of Yajna alone can generate rains. Burning the ghee in physical fire is against the fundamental concept of the Veda that food shall not be destroyed (Annam na parichakshiita). Such act against the Veda is the act against the author of the Veda, who is God, which stops even the natural rain through pollution of environment. The false interpretation impressed on the public by the stupid tape recorders of the Veda belonging to the middle age is so strong that it will take lot of time to believe the real interpretation of Yajna as described above.

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