Adi-lila, Chapter 3 209
“Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun,
lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a
mountain of gold in sacrifice to the bradhmanas, he does not earn one hundredth
part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krsna.” In other words, one who
accepts the chanting of Hare Krsna to be some kind of pious activity is completely
misled. Of course, it is pious; but the real fact is that Krsna and His name, being
transcendental, are far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity is on the
material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Krsna is completely on the
spiritual plane. Therefore, although pdasangis do not understand this, pious activity
can never compare to the chanting of the holy name.
TEXT 80
CAAASAHES’ ACTA AHA |
QCals Hracatint fas Saratcert GAT CA heen
‘bhagavata-sandarbha’-granthera mangalacarane
e-Sloka jiva-gosani kariyachena vyakhyane
SYNONYMS
bhdagavata-sandarbha-granthera—of the book called Bhdgavata-sandarbha; marigala-
dcarane—in the auspicious introduction; e-s/oka—this verse; jiva-gosani— iva Gosvami;
kariyachena—has made; vyakhyane—in explaining.
TRANSLATION
In the auspicious introduction of Bhagavata-sandarbha, Srila Jiva Gosvami has
given the following verse as an explanation.
TEXT 81
Bara afact lar wfroretfitasay |
Fea) ALSVSACG: FY FRCGSTA Se t v> 1
antah krsnam bahir gaurarh
darsitangadi-vaibhavam
kalau sankirtanadyaih sma
krsna-caitanyam dSritah
SYNONYMS
antah—internally; krsnam—Lord Krsna; bahih—externally; gauram—fair-colored;
darsita—displayed; anga—limbs; ddi—beginning with; vaibhavam—expansions; Ra/au—
in the age of Kali; sankirtana-adyaih—by congregational chanting, etc.; sma—
certainly; krsna-caitanyam—unto Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dsritah—sheltered.
