Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 339 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.339

এই মন্ত্রে দ্বাপরে করে কৃষ্ণার্চন ঽকৃষ্ণনামসংকীর্তনঽ—কলিযুগের ধর্ম

एइ मन्त्रे द्वापरे करे कृष्णार्चन ऽकृष्णनामसंकीर्तनऽ—कलियुगेर धर्म

ei mantre dvāpare kare kṛṣṇārcana 'kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana'—kali-yugera dharma

Synonyms

ei mantreby this mantra; dvāparein the age of Dvāpara; kareperform; kṛṣṇa-arcanathe worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtanachanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kali-yugera dharmathe occupational duty in the age of Kali..

Translation

"By this mantra, the people worship Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Dvāpara-yuga. In the Kali-yuga the occupational duty of the people is to chant congregationally the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

Purport

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.51):

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann
asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ
kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya
mukta-bandhaḥ paraṁ vrajet

In Kali-yuga one worships Lord Kṛṣṇa by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. To propagate this movement, Lord Kṛṣṇa personally appeared as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That is described in the following verse.

Verse 339 of 399
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