194 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 20

quality; kirtanat—by chanting; eva—certainly; krsnasya—of the holy name of
Krsna; mukta-bandhah—liberated from material bondage; param—to the tran-
scendental spiritual kingdom; vrajet—one can go.

TRANSLATION

‘My dear King, although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good
quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-
mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the
transcendental kingdom.

PURPORT
This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (12.3.51).

TEXT 345

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krte yad dhyayato visnum
tretayam yajato makhaih

dvapare paricaryayam
kalau tad dhari-kirtanat

SYNONYMS

krte—in the Satya-yuga; yat—which; dhyayatah—from meditation; visnum—
on Lord Visnu; tretayam—in the Tretaé-yuga; yajatah—from worshiping;
makhaih—by performing — sacrifices; dvdpare—in the age of Dvapara;
paricaryayam—by worshiping the lotus feet of Krsna; kalau—in the age of Kali;
tat—that same result (can be achieved); hari-kirtanat—simply by chanting the
Hare Krsna maha-mantra.

TRANSLATION

“Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in
Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the
Lord’s lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare
Krsna maha-mantra.’

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (12.3.52). At the present moment
in Kali-yuga there are many false meditators who concoct some imaginary form
