Tout 3621
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
10E
TEXT 362
এই কলিকালে আর নাছি কোন ধর্ম। বৈষ্ণব, বৈষ্ণবশাস্ত্র, এই ক্রু মর্ম ॥ ৩৬২ ॥
ei kali-kāle āra nāhi kona dharma vaisnava, vaisnava-śāstra, ei kahe marma
SYNONYMS
ei kali-kāle —in this age of Kali;  āra —other;  nāhi kona —there is not any;  dharma —religious principle;  vaiṣṇava —devotee;  vaiṣṇava-śāstra —devotional literature;  ei kahe marma —this is the purport.
TRANSLATION
In this age of Kali, there are no genuine religious principles. There are only the Vaiṣṇava devotees and the Vaiṣṇava devotional scriptures. This is the sum and substance of everything.
PURPORT
One must have firm faith in the process of devotional service and the scriptures that support it. If one hears the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with faith, he can be freed from his envious position.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is meant for such nonenvious persons ( nirmatsarāṇārṅ satām ). In this age a person should not envy Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement but should chant the holy names of Hari and Kṛṣṇa, the  mahā-mantra . That is the sum and substance of eternal religion, known as  sanātana-dharma . The real Vaiṣṇava is a pure devotee and fully realized soul, and a Vaiṣṇava  śāstra  refers to  śruti , or the  Vedas , which are called  śabda-pra-māṇa , the evidence of transcendental sound. If one strictly follows the Vedic literature and chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he will actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic succession. Those who want to attain life's ultimate goal must follow this principle. In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (11.19.17), it is said:
Śrutiḥ pratyakṣam aitihyam anumānaṁ catuṣṭayam pramāṇeṣv anavasthānād vikalpāt sa virajyate
“Vedic literature, direct perception, history and hypothesis are the four kinds of evidential proofs. Everyone should stick to these principles for the realization of the Absolute Truth.”