Text 16] Questions by the Sages 73

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ko va bhagavatas tasya
punya-sloked ya-karmanah

Suddhi-kdmo na srnuyad
yasah kali-malapaham.

kah—who; va—rather; bhagavatah—of the Lord; tasya—his; pun ya—virtu-
ous; slokedya—worshipable by prayers; karmanah—deeds; suddhi-kamah—
desiring deliverance from all sins; na—not; srnuyat—does hear; yasah—
glories; kali—of the age of quarrel; malapaham—the agent for sanctification.

TRANSLATION

Who is there, desiring deliverance from the vices of the Age of Kali,
who is not willing to hear the glories of the Lord?

PURPORT

The Age of Kali is the most condemned age due to its quarrelsome
features. Kali-yuga is so saturated with vicious habits that there is a great
fight at the slightest misunderstanding. Those who are engaged in the pure
devotional service of the Lord, who are without any desire for self-
aggrandizement and who are freed from the effects of fruitive actions
and dry philosophical speculations are capable of getting out of the
estrangements of this complicated age. The leaders of the people are very
much anxious to live in peace and friendship, but they have no information
of the simple method of hearing the glories of the Lord. On the contrary,
such leaders are opposed to the propagation of the glories of the
Lord. In other words, the foolish leaders want to completely deny
the existence of the Lord. In the name of secular state, such leaders
are enacting various plans every year. But by the insurmountable
intricacies of the material nature of the Lord, all these plans for pro-
gress are being constantly frustrated. They have no eyes to see that
their attempts at peace and friendship are failing. But here is the hint to
get over the hurdle. If we want actual peace, we must open the road to
understand the Supreme Lord Krsna and glorify Him for His virtuous
activities as they are depicted in the pages of the Srimad-Bhagavatam.
