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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
being trained in the beginning as a  brahmacārī , he will not stay for many years in family life, but will very soon become  vānaprastha  (retired) and then accept  sannyāsa , the renounced order of life.
In this material world everyone is suffering—the birds, the beasts, the trees, the animals, the plants, and even Brahmā and Indra. Indra is also not safe; he is always in anxiety about competitors who may come.
tat sādhu manye 'sura-varya dehinām sadā samudvigna-dhiyām asad-grahāt (Bhāg. 7.5.5)
Why is everyone in this material world always in anxiety?  Avidyā-kāma-karmabhiḥ : because they are rascals. Therefore Kṛṣṇa stresses, “You rascal, give up all your nonsense and surrender unto Me.” This is Kṛṣṇa’s very good mercy. He is the supreme father. Therefore He directly says,  sarva-guhyatamam : “This is the most confidential knowledge.”  Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam śaraṇam vraja : “You rascal, give up everything and simply surrender unto Me.”
Therefore Kuntī says, “You have come to teach rascals like this and engage them in hearing, remembering, and worship.” This is  bhakti .  Śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ : one should hear and chant about Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. But as soon as devotees begin to hear and chant about Viṣṇu, some rascal  svāmī  will say, “No, hearing or chanting any name will do. Why Viṣṇu? Why not Kālī?” In Bengal there is a group of people who have invented “ kālī-kīrtana ,” chanting the name of the demigoddess Kālī. What is this nonsense? In the Vedic literature there is no such thing as “ kālī-kīrtana .”  Kīrtana  means  śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ —hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa. The Vedic literature recommends  harer nāma , chanting of the holy name of Hari, Kṛṣṇa, and no one else.
This  śravaṇam kīrtanam , hearing and chanting, was described very nicely by Śukadeva Gosvāmī in the Second Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (2.4.15). He said:
yat-kīrtanam yad-smaraṇam yad-īkṣaṇam yad-vandanam yat-śravaṇam yad-arhaṇam lokasya sadyo vidhunoti kalmaṣam tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ
Before speaking  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Śukadeva Gosvāmī offered his obeisances to Kṛṣṇa with this verse. He said, “I offer my obeisances unto