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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 20]
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কলিং সভাজয়ন্ত্যার্যা গুণজ্ঞা: সারভাগিন: । যত্র সঙ্গীর্তনেনৈব সর্বস্বার্থোহভিলভ্যতে ॥ ৩৪৭ ॥
kaliṁ sabhājayanty āryā guṇa-jñāḥ sāra-bhāginaḥ yatra saṅkīrtanenaiva sarva-svārtho ‘bhilabhyate
SYNONYMS
kaliṁ —the Kali-yuga;  sabhājayanti —worship;  āryāḥ —advanced people;  guṇa-jñāḥ —appreciating this good quality of Kali-yuga;  sāra-bhāginaḥ —persons who accept the essence of life;  yatra —in which age;  saṅkīrtanena —simply by performing  saṅkīrtana-yajña , the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra ;  eva —certainly;  sarva-sva-arthaḥ —all interests of life;  abhilabhyate —are achieved.
TRANSLATION
“‘Those who are advanced and highly qualified and are interested in the essence of life, know the good qualities of Kali-yuga. Such people worship the age of Kali because in this age, simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can advance in spiritual knowledge and attain life’s goal.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.36) spoken by the great sage Karabhājana Rṣi, one of the nine Yogendras. The sage was informing Mahārāja Nimi about the people’s duty to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to different processes in different yugas.
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পূর্ববৎ লিখি যবে গুণাবতারগণ ।   অসংখ্য সংখ্যা তাঁর, না হয় গণন ॥ ৩৪৮ ॥
pūrvavat likhi yabe guṇāvatāra-gaṇa asaṅkhya saṅkhyā tāṅra, nā haya gaṇana
SYNONYMS
pūrva-vat —as previously;  likhi —I write;  yabe —when;  guṇa-avatāra-gaṇa —in-carnations of the material modes of nature;  asaṅkhya —innumerable;  saṅkhyā —counting;  tāṅra —of them;  nā haya gaṇana —not actually countable.