Text 346] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 195

and try to meditate upon it. It has become fashionable to meditate, but people
know nothing about the object of meditation. That is explained here. Yad
dhydayato visnum. One has to meditate upon Lord Visnu or Lord Krsna. Without
referring to the sastras, so-called meditators aim at impersonal objects. Lord Krsna
has condemned them in Bhagavad-gita (12.5):

kleso ‘dhikataras tesim
avyaktasakta-cetasam

avyakta hi gatir duhkhani
dehavadbhir avapyate

“For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of
the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that dis-
cipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.”

Not knowing how to meditate, foolish people simply suffer, and there is no
benefit derived from their spiritual activities. The same reference can be found in
the following verse from the Visnu Purana (6.2.17), Padma Purana (Uttara-
khanda 72.25) and Brhan-naradiya Purana (38.97).

TEXT 346

UTI SCS THA TRUSTS BAAaVoaq |
TCAs Satcaths Beat) ARS CAAT H OB |

dhyayan krte yajan yajnais
tretayam dvdpare ‘rcayan

yad apnoti tad apnoti
kalau sankirtya kesavam

SYNONYMS
dhyayan —meditating; krte—in the Satya-yuga; yajan—worshiping; yajfiaih—
by the performance of great sacrifices; tretayam—in the Tretaé-yuga; dvapare—in
the Dvapara-yuga; arcayan —worshiping the lotus feet; yat—whatever; 4pnoti—
is achieved; tat—that; apnoti—is obtained; kalau—in the age of Kali; sankirtya—
simply by chanting; kesavam—the pastimes and qualities of Lord KeSava.

TRANSLATION

“Whatever is achieved by meditation in Satya-yuga, by the performance of
yajfia in Treta-yuga or by the worship of Krsna’s lotus feet in Dvapara-yuga is
also obtained in the age of Kali simply by chanting and glorifying Lord
KeSava.’
