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Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth
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TEXT 21
হরের্নাম হরের্নাম হরের্নামৈব কেবলম্ । 
  কলৌ নাস্তোব নাস্তোব নাস্তোব গতিরত্নথা । ২১ ॥
harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam 
  kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
SYNONYMS
hareḥ nāma —the holy name of the Lord;  hareḥ nāma —the holy name of the Lord;  hareḥ nāma —the holy name of the Lord;  eva —certainly;  kevalam —only;  kalau —in the age of Kali;  na asti —there is none;  eva —certainly;  na asti —there is none;  eva —certainly;  na asti —there is none;  eva —certainly;  gatiḥ —destination;  anyathā —otherwise.
TRANSLATION
“In this age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari.”
TEXT 22
কলিকালে নামক্রপে কৃষ্ণ-অবতার ।  
 নাম হৈতে হম সর্বজগৎ-নিস্তার ॥ ২২ ॥
kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāra 
  nāma haite haya sarva-jagat-nistāra
SYNONYMS
kali-kāle —in this age of Kali;  nāma-rūpe —in the form of the holy name;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  avatāra —incarnation;  nāma —holy name;  haite —from;  haya —becomes;  sarva —all;  jagat —of the world;  nistāra —deliverance.
TRANSLATION
In this age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.
TEXT 23
দার্ত্য লাগি’ ‘হরের্নাম’-উক্তি তিনবার ।  
 জড় লোক বুঝইতে পুনঃ ‘এব’-কার ॥ ২৩ ॥