Ādi-līlā, Chapter 3
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“Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the  brāhmaṇas , he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.” In other words, one who accepts the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa to be some kind of pious activity is completely misled. Of course, it is pious; but the real fact is that Kṛṣṇa and His name, being transcendental, are far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity is on the material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore, although  pāṣaṇḍīs  do not understand this, pious activity can never compare to the chanting of the holy name.
TEXT 80
‘ভাগবতসন্দর্ভ’-গ্রন্থের মঙ্গলাচরণে ।
এ-শ্লোক জীবগোসাঞ্জি করিয়াছেন ব্যাখ্যানে ॥৮৭॥
‘bhāgavata-sandarbha’-granthera maṅgalācaraṇe e-śloka jīva-gosāñi kariyāchena vyākhyāne
SYNONYMS
bhāgavata-sandarbha-granthera —of the book called  Bhāgavata-sandarbha ;  maṅgalācaraṇe —in the auspicious introduction;  e-śloka —this verse;  jīva-gosāñi —Jīva Gosvāmī;  kariyāchena —has made;  vyākhyāne —in explaining.
TRANSLATION
In the auspicious introduction of Bhāgavata-sandarbha, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has given the following verse as an explanation.
TEXT 81
অন্তঃকৃষ্ণং বহির্গৌরং দর্শিতাঙ্গাদিবৈভবম্ ।
কলৌ সংকীর্তনাঙ্গে স্ব কৃষ্ণচৈতন্যমাস্রিতাঃ ॥ ৮৯ ॥
antaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ bahir gauraṁ darśitāṅgādi-vaibhavam kalau saṅkīrtanādyaiḥ sma kṛṣṇa-caitanyam āśritāḥ
SYNONYMS
antaḥ —internally;  kṛṣṇam —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  bahiḥ —externally;  gauram —fair-colored;  darśita —displayed;  aṅga —limbs;  ādi —beginning with;  vaibhavam —expansions;  kalau —in the age of Kali;  saṅkīrtana-ādyaiḥ —by congregational chanting, etc.;  sma —certainly;  kṛṣṇa-caitanyam —unto Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  āśritāḥ —sheltered.