vedÄdhyÄya-svadhÄ-svÄhÄ-
baly-annÄdyair yathodayam
devará¹£i-pitá¹›-bhÅ«tÄni
mad-rÅ«pÄṇy anv-ahaá¹ yajet
veda-adhyÄya - by study of Vedic knowledge; svadhÄ - by offering the mantra svadhÄ; svÄhÄ - by offering the mantra svÄhÄ; bali - by token offerings of food; anna-Ädyaiḥ - by offering grains, water, etc.; yathÄ - according to; udayam - one's prosperity; deva - the demigods; ṛṣi - sages; pitá¹› - the forefathers; bhÅ«tÄni - and all living entities; mat-rÅ«pÄṇi - manifestations of My potency; anu-aham - daily; yajet - one should worship.
One in the gá¹›hastha order of life should daily worship the sages by Vedic study, the forefathers by offering the mantra svadhÄ, the demigods by chanting svÄhÄ, all living entities by offering shares of one’s meals, and human beings by offering grains and water. Thus considering the demigods, sages, forefathers, living entities and human beings to be manifestations of My potency, one should daily perform these five sacrifices.
The Lord again discusses the duties of those in the household order of life. Obviously, the five ritualistic daily sacrifices mentioned here are meant for those who are not pure devotees of the Lord and who thus have to counteract their exploitation of material nature by the abovementioned sacrifices. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is training householders, sannyÄsÄ«s, brahmacÄrÄ«s and vÄnaprasthas to engage twenty-four hours a day in the loving service of the Lord. Those who are full-time missionary workers in ISKCON have no further obligations or sacrifices to perform, as confirmed in the Eleventh Canto of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.5.41):
devará¹£i-bhÅ«tÄpta-nṛṇÄá¹ pitá¹á¹‡Äá¹
na kiá¹…karo nÄyam ṛṇī ca rÄjan
sarvÄtmanÄ yaḥ Å›araṇaá¹ Å›araṇyaá¹
gato mukundaá¹ parihá¹›tya kartam
“Anyone who has taken shelter at the lotus feet of Mukunda, the giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind or forefathers.â€
