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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 24 ]
In Kali-yuga the injunction is that no one should accept  sannyāsa . Of course, those who actually follow the rules and regulations must take  sannyāsa . Generally, however, people are unable to accept  sannyāsa  life, and therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu stressed,  kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā . In this age there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative than to chant the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare. The main purpose of  sannyāsa  life is to be in constant companionship with the Supreme Lord, either by thinking of Him within the heart or hearing of Him through aural reception. In this age, hearing is more important than thinking because one's thinking may be disturbed by mental agitation, but if one concentrates on hearing, he will be forced to associate with the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the sound vibration Kṛṣṇa are nondifferent, so if one loudly vibrates Hare Kṛṣṇa, he will be able to think of Kṛṣṇa immediately. This process of chanting is the best process of self-realization in this age; therefore Lord Caitanya preached it so nicely for the benefit of all humanity.
TEXT 36
एतन्मे जन्म लोकेऽस्मिन्पुष्पूक्षूणां दुराशयात् । प्रसंख्यानाय तत्त्वानां सम्मतायात्मदर्शने ॥३६॥
etan me janma loke 'smin mumukṣūṇām durāśayāt prasaṅkhyānāya tattvānām sammatāyātma-darśane
etat—this; me—My; janma—birth; loke—in the world; asmin—in this; mumukṣūṇām—by those great sages seeking liberation; durāśayāt—from unnecessary material desires; prasaṅkhyānāya—for explaining; tattvānām— of the truths; sammatāya—which is highly esteemed; ātma-darśane—in self-realization.
TRANSLATION
My appearance in this world is especially to explain the philosophy of  sāṅkhya , which is highly esteemed for self-realization by those desiring freedom from the entanglement of unnecessary material desires.