Śrī Rājīva Uvāca:-
[Śrī Rajiiv Spoke]:-

[We hear the other two names like Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī for the deity of Gāyatrī. Some scholars say that God Brahmā has three wives called Gāyatrī, Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī. What is the truth?]

Śrī Datta Bhagavān Uvāca:-
[God Śrī Datta Spoke]:-

[God Brahmā has only one wife and Her name is Sarasvatī. All the three Divine Preachers commonly agreed on this point. Gāyatrī, Sāvitrī and Sarasvatī are the three names of the three junction times of the day i.e., morning, noon and evening. The deity of morning is Gāyatrī, the deity of noon is Sāvitrī and the deity of evening is Sarasvatī. The same Goddess Sarasvatī gets these three names based on three junction times (Sandhyā Kāla) in the day.]

[God Brahmā is to be worshipped daily three times. The actual God worshipped is only Savitā or Brahmā and the name of the Vedic meter is Gāyatrī. Gāyatrī means the method of singing sweet songs on God. This point is clearly spoken in the ritual called ‘Sandhyā Vandanam’ performed thrice per day - “Gāyatrī chandaḥ, Savitā Devatā”.]

[Even if you take Gāyatrī as a mantra or the Vedic hymn, the deity described in the hymn is not the female deity called Gāyatrī, but is the male deity called ‘Savitā’ or Sun or ‘Brahmā.’ Here, the Sun is a representative model for God Brahmā. Savitā means the creator and the basic power of Savitā is Sāvitrī. Therefore, Gāyatrī does not mean a female deity, but means the talent of singing sweet songs on God, following the song in the Vedic meter or rhythm called Gāyatrī.]

[Some social reformers tried to do justice to women by performing this Upanayana ritual for them also. In fact, this is not necessary because Gāyatrī is not a mantra possessing some miraculous power to give salvation to souls. Gāyatrī means the talented action of singing sweet songs on God to please Him.]

Śrī Rājīva Uvāca:-
[Śrī Rajiiv Spoke]:-

[On one side, the Veda says that food shall not be destroyed (Annaṃ na pari cakṣīta). But, now a days, the best food, which is ghee is burnt in fire everywhere in the name of sacrifice to God!]

Śrī Datta Bhagavān Uvāca:-
[God Śrī Datta Spoke]:-

[O good scholar! You have said very well. People think that by burning the ghee in the fire in this way, angels will be pleased and grant our desires. This is a profound delusion and such people are blind fools.]

[These people do not understand the technical language of the Śāstras and burn the best food, which is ghee, in huge quantities in the name of sacrifice to God. It is far far better to donate this ghee to poor people and help them to improve their nutrition and mental ability because ghee is the best item to boost human intelligence (Ghṛtam buddhi vivardhanam).]

[In this context, I will reveal the meanings of some technical words so that one can understand the topic very clearly. One must understand the implied meaning (Lakṣaṇā) of the words and sentences and not the mere literal meaning. If it is said that ‘cots are crying’, it means the people sitting or lying on the cots are crying since the cots by themselves cannot cry. Similarly, ‘ghee’ means the food fried with ghee and not directly the ghee by itself.]

[Fire is of three types:- i) Laukikāgni or Bhautikāgni, the fire lit by sticks. ii) Vaidyutāgni, the fire lit by electricity and iii) Vaiśvānarāgni or hunger fire also called as Devatāgni that is to be worshipped and pacified in sacrifice (Yajña) by donating the ghee-fried food to the hungry deserving receivers using the first or second type of fire in cooking the food.]

[Just like the possessor of the cot is called as cot, the guest possessing hunger fire or Vaiśvānarāgni is also called Vaiśvānara (Vaiśvānaraḥ praviśati…) in the Veda. The Veda further says that just like the fire shall be pacified by water, the guest must also be pacified by the food (Hara vaivasvatodakam…). Therefore, Vaiśvānarāgni means the guest with hunger fire and this is also an example of Ajahat Lakṣaṇā. This context comes when Naciketa visits the house of god Yama and fasts for three nights in the verandah of his house. In the Veda, Naciketa is addressed as ‘Vaiśvānarāgni’ instead of his name, proving that fire means hunger.]

[God Himself sang in the Gītā that He is the Vaiśvānara fire. You say that angels also take food from your sacrifice. On the other hand, you say that God and angels pleased by your sacrifice are going to give your desired boons by their miraculous powers! Are such God and angels the beggars for your petty food sacrificed by you?]

[Do you believe that God and angels, who conquered their hunger and thirst in the heaven, are always enjoying with your donated food? This is directly told by the Veda (Ubhe tīrtvā aśanāyā pipāse, śokātigo modate svargaloke). Still, how can you think that God and angels require your food offered through the fire to pacify their hunger?]

[When angels are not taking your food, the food is burnt in fire and you are going against the Veda by destroying food in fire. Food is the best item of creation among all the inert items (Annaṃ Brahmeti…- Veda) and wasting it makes God very furious. Moreover, the soot particles produced by burning the ghee will delay the cloud formation and the rain drop formation, ultimately stopping the rains. It is funny when people say that performing sacrifices by burning tons of ghee cause rains!]

[In sacrifice (Yajña), the ghee-fried food is given to a hungry person and such sacrifice is called ‘Kratu,’ which means well performed action (Action is giving food to a hungry person.). Yajña means the sacrifice of putting ghee-fried food in the hunger fire (since they are hungry) called Vaiśvānarāgni of Sadguru and devotees in human forms, who are to be worshipped by every human being.]

[The word ‘Yajña’ means Jñāna Yajña (discussing about spiritual knowledge) and it is always associated with Dravya Yajña, which means the lunch break in which ghee-fried food is served. The Sadguru, who is the Incarnation of God in human form is the President of the sacrifice. The Incarnation is treated as God and the other disciple-scholars are treated as angels. Giving food or Dravya Yajña becomes meaningful since the Incarnation and scholars develop hunger fire, unlike the Energetic Incarnation and energetic angels.]

[If the sacrifice is based on theoretical knowledge and devotion only without cooking the ghee-fried food, in such case, you can keep Energetic Incarnation instead of Human Incarnation as the president of the sacrifice and the angels instead of devotees as members. In such sacrifice, there is no destruction of food since the cooking of food is absent.]

[A person, who knows that ghee means ghee-fried food and that the fire means hunger called Vaiśvānarāgni in the form of guest in sacrifice alone can be told as the perfect doer of sacrifice. Such person alone will go to heaven after death. Without this knowledge, the doer of sacrifice will go to hell.]

[You should not argue that burning ghee in sacrifice is our old tradition and hence, it must be done. The tradition must always be perfectly analyzed (Jñātvā kurvīta karmāṇi…- Gītā). The tradition should not be merely accepted as good since it is practiced by older generations and should not be merely rejected as bad since it is practiced by the present generations. You shall decide whether the tradition is good or bad only after a thorough analysis of the tradition. The demons were enemies of God Viṣṇu, but Prahlāda born in the same dynasty of demons became the greatest devotee of God Viṣṇu after getting the analysis from sage Nārada. He did not follow the hatred towards God Viṣṇu because that was his old tradition followed by his ancestors.]

[Women are singing very sweet songs on God in the worships called ‘Vratams’. Women are also cooking the food and serving it to males while they are hungry. Therefore, wherever Gāyatrī exists, the sacrifice or Yajña is also seen in the same place.]

[Males simply read the hymn present in Gāyatrī meter, not even as a poem, but read it as a bit of prose. Therefore, they are not doing Gāyatrī at all since there is no trace of singing. Similarly, males are not cooking food for the sake of others, who are hungry for food. Hence, they are not doing sacrifice or Yajña at all.]

[Males prohibited females from Gāyatrī and Yajña. In doing so, they prohibited themselves from these two. This is the miracle of God. The prohibitor himself is prohibited by the miracle of God!]

[Nobody needs to quarrel that there is bias based on caste and gender. Such quarrel is not necessary at all. Wherever there is injustice, there itself God will play His miracle and takes the side of justice.]

[Even other castes are protected by God, just as the women are protected in the context of Gāyatrī and sacrifice. Every soul born in any caste and of any gender can do Gāyatrī by singing the devotional songs on God (Gāyatrī) and cook the food to feed hungry poor people (Yajña). If these two are done in this way, they will get the divine fruits since they are practicing these two concepts in their original true sense.]

[This prejudice of caste and gender started from the beginning of this Kali Yuga. This did not exist in the earlier Yugas. Whatever may be the reason for injustice, the punishment is inevitable for the doer of injustice.]

[Some climax ignorant religious fans try to convert the people of other religions into their religions and split the devotees of other religions using trickish arguments. The actual truth is that the form of God of the religion of such people becomes angry like burning fire.]

[There is only one Earth and there is only one Creator of the Earth. The same Creator God appears in different forms for different religions present on this earth. Finally, what are they doing? They praise one form of God and scold another form of God and by doing so, they are praising the God and are scolding the same God again!]

[First, you must unite all the sub-religions of your Hindu religion and then unite all the religions present in the entire world. First, you must solve the problems in your house and then only, you must solve the problems of your village.]

Iti Śrī Datta Svāmi viracita Śrī Rājīva Gītāyāṃ Yajña Vicāra yogo Nāma Saptadaśādhyāyaḥ|

[Like this, in Śrī Rājīva Gītā, composed by His Holiness Shri Datta Swami, the Seventeenth Chapter called ‘The Association of Enquiry of the Sacrifice’ is completed.]