सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्टा पुरोवाचप्रजापतिः ।
अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक् ॥
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः ।
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ ॥
Transliteration
saha-yajnah prajah srstva purovaca prajapatih
anena prasavisyadhvamesa vo ’stv ista-kama-dhuk
Te deva bhavayantu vah devan bhavayatanena
parasparam bhavayantahsreyah param avapsyatha
Translation
In the beginning, the creator Brahma created being with the Yajna(Sacrifice) and said "By Yajna(Sacrifice) you propagate, and grow, let Yajna(Sacrifice) be your wish-fulfilling cow of plenty. By this Yajna(work done as a sacrifice), you please devatas(deities) and then those devatas(deities) will nurture you. In this way, supporting each way, you shall obtain supreme good
Purport
In this shloka, Bhagvaan Shri Krishna explains the first significance of Yajna. The Yajna is the core of the moving process of this universe. The universe itself is created by this very process of Yajna. At the start of the universe, Lord Bramha created different grades of living beings using this Yajna only and blessed both deities and humans to support each other and flourish through Yajna.
These two shlokas also give the answer to one of the biggest noise made by anti-Hindus, who says that Hindus worship many gods. Actually Hindus worship many deities who are the immediate guardians of humans. Deities have been created as a ministry of Bhagvan Vishnu, God to take care of humans for physical needs. Human worship deities and in return deities fulfill humans of physical needs. This way both humans and deities co-exist.
