Madhya 20.339

TEXT 339

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এই মন্ত্রে দ্বাপরে করে কৃষ্ণার্চন ।
'কৃষ্ণনাম-সংকীর্তন' - কলিযুগের ধর্ম ॥ ৩৩৯ ॥

ei mantre dvapare kare krsnarcana

'krsna-nama-sahkirtana'-kali-yugera dharma

SYNONYMS

ei mantre-by this mantra; dvapare-in the age of Dvapara; kare-perform; krsna-arcana-the worship of Lord Krsna; krsna-nama-sahkirtana-chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna; kali-yugera dharma-the occupational duty in the age of Kali.

TRANSLATION

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

As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (12.3.51):

kaler dosa-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko mahan gunaḥ
kirtanad eva krsnasya
mukta-bandhaḥ param vrajet

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

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