Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.51

īje 'nu-yajñam vidhinā

agni-hotrādi-lakshanaih

prākritair vaikritair yajñair

dravya-jñāna-kriyeśvaram

SYNONYMS

īje — he worshiped; anu-yajñam — with each kind of sacrifice; vidhinā — by the proper regulations; agni-hotra — by offering oblations into the sacred fire; ādi — and so on; lakshanaih — characterized; prākritaih — unmodified, completely specified by śruti injunctions; vaikritaih — modified, adjusted according to the indications of other sources; yajñaih — with sacrifices; dravya — of the sacrificial paraphernalia; jñāna — of the knowledge of mantras; kriyā — and of the rituals; īśvaram — the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Performing various kinds of Vedic sacrifice according to the proper regulations, Vasudeva worshiped the Lord of all sacrificial paraphernalia, mantras and rituals. He executed both primary and secondary sacrifices, offering oblations to the sacred fire and carrying out other aspects of sacrificial worship.

PURPORT

There are numerous kinds of Vedic fire sacrifice, each of which involves several elaborate rituals. The Brāhmana portion of the Vedic śruti specifies the complete step-by-step procedure of only a few prototype sacrifices, such as the Jyotishtoma and Darśa-pūrnamāsa. These are called the prākrita, or original, yajñas; the details of other yajñas must be extrapolated from the patterns of these prākrita injunctions according to the strict rules of the Mīmāmsā-śāstra. Since other yajñas are thus known by derivation from the prototype sacrifices, they are called vaikrita, or "changed."

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