scriptures unequivocally declare that Lord Brahma creates the material world and Lord Siva destroys it; but Lord Narayana or Visnu, the maintainer is the eternal worshipable Lord. Whoever worships other demigods and disregards Vasudeva, the Supreme Lord Narayana, rots eternally in the hell of material existence.

"Some persons argue that, since Lord Visnu is accepted as the all-pervading Absolute Truth in the Vedas, the Lord is present in all the demigods; therefore the worship of the demigods is equivalent to the worship of Lord Visnu. This argument is fallacious.

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The scriptures do not support the notion that the worship of the demigods is the same as the worship of Lord Visnu. In truth, Lord Visnu's worship accomplishes the worship of all the demigods. Hence, separate worship of demigods is not required.

"The correct interpretation of the Vedic truth is this: if Lord Visnu is omnipresent, then worship of Him is automatically worship of all the demigods. By watering the roots, a tree prospers; by watering the limbs, leaves and branches, the tree withers and dies. Foolish people who forget the Vedic principles commit this mistake. Because their vision is perverted, they worship certain demigods according to their mentality. They are ignorant of the Vedic injunction that worship of Lord Visnu is an eternal activity in pure goodness, beyond the three material-modes.

"Due to the advent of Kali-yuga and the contamination of impersonalism, people have become polytheists and have disregarded the supreme position of Lord Visnu. Individual demigods can offer only limited benefits, while the Supreme Lord Visnu alone can offer all benedictions. He is the maintainer of everyone. If only these greedy materialists, would realize the advantage of worshipping Lord Visnu, they would abandon all demigod worship.

A householder Vaisnava's responsibilities

"A householder devotee of Lord Visnu or Krsna must worship the Supreme Lord Krsna on all occasions, and be free from doubt. He is not required to perform ablutions or other fruitive activities. The Vedas recommend the worship of Lord Krsna and His