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of any kind of sacrifice in this age of Kali is also uncertain. Unscrupulous
greedy brahmanas of the age of Kali induce the innocent public to such
uncertain sacrificial shows without disclosing the scriptural injunction that
in the age of Kali there is no fruitful sacrificiai performance but the sacri-
fice of the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Sita
Gosvami was narrating the transcendental activities of the Lord before
the congregation of sages, and they were factually perceiving the result of
hearing these transcendental activities. One can feel this practically, as one
can feel the result of eating food. Spiritual realization acts in that way.

The sages of Naimisaranya were practically sufferers from the smoke of
a sacrificial fire and were doubtful about the result, but by hearing from a
realized person like Sita Gosvami, they were fully satisfied. In the Brahma-
Vaivarta Purana, Visnu tells Siva that in the age of Kali, men full of anxie-
ties of various kinds can vainly labor in fruitive activity and philosophi-
cal speculations, but when they are engaged in devotional service, the
result is sure and certain, and there is no loss of energy. In other words,
nothing performed for spiritual realization or for material benefit can be
successful without devotional service of the Lord.

TEXT 13
Gea saaty a Mt aay |
AUTH RETA RgorATT 112 3
tulayama lavenapi
na svargam napunar-bhavam
bhagavat-sangi-sangasya
martyanam kim-utasisah

tulayama—to be balanced with; lavena—by a moment; api—even; na—
never; svargam—heavenly planets; na—neither;apunah-bhavam— liberation
from matter; bhagavat-sangi— devotee of the Lord; sangasya—of the associa-
tion; martyanam—those who are meant for death; kim—what is there; uta—
to speak of; asisah—worldly benediction.

TRANSLATION
The value of a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord

cannot even be compared to the attainment of heavenly planets or libera-
