Ādi 3.40
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কলিযুগে যুগধর্ম-নামের প্রচার ।
তথি লাগি' পীতবর্ণ চৈতন্যাবতার ॥ ৪০ ॥ kali-yuge yuga-dharma-namera pracara
tathi lagi' pita-varna caitanyavatara
SYNONYMS
kali-yuge-in the age of Kali; yuga-dharma-the religious practice for the age; namera-of the holy name; pracara-propagation; tathi-this; lagi'-for; pita-varna-having a yellow color; caitanya-avatara-the incarnation of Lord Caitanya.
TRANSLATION
The religious practice for the age of Kali is to broadcast the glories of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the Lord, in a yellow color, descended as Lord Caitanya.
PURPORT
In this age of Kali the practical system of religion for everyone is the chanting of the name of Godhead. This was introduced in this age by Lord Caitanya. Bhakti-yoga actually begins with the chanting of the holy name, as confirmed by Madhvacarya in his commentary on the Munḍaka Upanisad. He quotes this verse from the Narayana-samhita:
dvapariyair janair visnuḥ pancaratrais tu kevalaiḥ
kalau tu nama-matrena pūjyate bhagavan hariḥ "In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only by the regulative principles of the Narada-pancaratra and other such authorized books. In the age of Kali, however, people should simply chant the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The Hare Krsna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanisad, where it is said:
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare iti soḍasakam namnam kali-kalmasa-nasanam
nataḥ parataropayaḥ sarva-vedesu drsyate "After searching through all the Vedic literature one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krsna."
[Adi 3.40-1957]
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