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ecause its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable forliving happily and achieving liberation."2. Vedic sacrifice that does not rise above the influence of the three modes is fallible.Bg 2.45:The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of materialnature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. Be freefrom all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and beestablished in the self.3. Vedic sacrifice aimed at the Supreme, the threefold goal of Vedanta, is infallible.Quotations from Bg 17.23, 26-27 Purports:It has been explained that penance, sacrifice, charity and foods aredivided into three categories: the modes of goodness, passion andignorance. But whether first class, second class or third class, they areall conditioned, contaminated by the material modes of nature. Whenthey are aimed at the Supreme--om tat sat, the Supreme Personality ofGodhead, the eternal--they become means for spiritual elevation.... These three words are taken from Vedic hymns. Om ity etadbrahmano nedistham nama (Rg Veda) indicates the first goal. Then tattvam asi (Chandogya Upanisad 6.8.7) indicates the second goal. Andsad eva saumya (Chandogya Upanisad 6.2.1.) indicates the third goal.Combined they become om tat sat. Formerly when Brahma, the firstcreated living entity, performed sacrifices, he indicated by these threewords the Supreme Personality of Godhead.In all such activities it is recommended that one vibrate om tat sat. Thewords sad-bhave and sadhu-bhave indicate the transcendentalsituation. Acting in Krsna consciousness is called sattva, and one whois fully conscious of the activities of Krsna consciousness is called asadhu.Of course, in the spiritual world there is no such thing as creation, but since theSupreme Personality of Godhead, as stated in the Vedanta-sutra, is the source ofall emanations, that conception is explained.Notes: (Quotations from Srila Prabhupada)1. "So on account of Krsna's bodily rays, the whole creation is coming out. That isKrsna's inconceivable power, brahmajyoti. Janmadyasya yatah. Atatho brahmajijnasa.In the Vedanta sutra, you have to inquire about that param jyoti, brahmajyoti.And from that param jyoti, everything is coming out."2. "Every planetary system there are many millions and trillions of living entities.They can see only when there is sunrise. This gayatri mantra is, therefore, offering