YAGYA

Advantages of Yagya :

• The process of Yagya is the most important Karma in the Karmakand of the Vēdas. Starting from Agnihotra to Aswamedha every Homam is called Yagya. In these Yagya’s four types of materials are used for putting in fire (Yagya). (1) Scented materials such as Kasturi, Saffron etc. (2) Sweet materials such as jaggery, Honey etc. (3) Strength producing materials such as Ghee, Milk, Rice etc. (4) Health preserving materials such as Herbs. We should acquire all these materials and purify them before using them in the Yagya. We should put them in proper proportions in the Homam. Because of this air and rain water get purified and everyone gets pleasure. The above said materials when put in the fire (Yagya) become minute and mix with the air. Then this mixture purifies poisonous and dirty gases in the air and the rain water. Also the rain water and air obtain good smell from these materials.
• Yagya is performed for benefit of society. Whatever benefit a person does to society that much and more benefit the person receives from the system of God. So Yagya is praised in Vēdas and many Sastras. In Shathapatha Brahmana it is given in the following manner regarding Yagya. When materials are put in the fire (Yagya), hot smoke and steam are produced. The heat produced enters into trees, herbs, plants, air, and water etcetera. Due to heat these materials get dried by releasing the vapors from them. These vapors mixing with the air enters the atmosphere. In that vapor the water part is steam and particles mixed with steam part is smoke. These particles collect together and form clouds. Because of this we get good rains.
• Because of two methods we get purified air and good rains and these are respectively, (1) God’s creation and (2) Human’s creation. In the God’s creation due to Sun rays flowers and plants give good smelling vapors and water gets evaporated from oceans.  These two mix well and form clouds. In the second method humans perform Yagya and clouds are formed as described above. According to Maharshi Dayananda Saraswathi the atmosphere is mixed with both good and bad atoms and molecules. Because of this the rains we get and in turn the herbs, fruits and vegetables formed are also having mixed with good and bad atoms and molecules. Due to this the food and in turn the energy and bodies so formed are also of Mediocre in nature. Because of this Budhi, strength, valor, courage etcetera are also Mediocre in nature. The reason for this is that, “the properties present in the materials of the cause are always present in the result. The result cannot be devoid of the properties of the cause”.
• The pollution in the atmosphere is not the mistake of God but it is that of humans. Humans produce all sorts of dirt in the nature and pollute the atmosphere. We bring cattle for the purpose of milk, transport etcetera. When we take benefits and pleasure from these animals then it is our responsibility to remove the dirt these animals produce. We all know that the organic material decomposition produces gases which cause pollution in the atmosphere. Therefore it is the responsibility of humans to remove the pollution and give the society a clean and healthy atmosphere. Where the human population grows there the pollution grows automatically. In modern days we have vehicular pollution to a greater extent. Therefore it becomes absolute necessary to remove the pollution and Yagya is the only way to remove the pollution.