254 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
austerity, tapasya. Although it may not be possible to undergo tapasya
like that of Préni and Sutapa, the sdstra has given an opportunity for a
method of tapasya very easy to perform—the sarkirtana movement.
One cannot expect to undergo tapasya to get Krsna as one’s child, yet
simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra (kirtandd eva
krsnasya), one can become so pure that one becomes free from all the
contamination of this material world (mukta-sangah) and goes back
home, back to Godhead (pararn vrajet). The Krsna consciousness move-
ment, therefore, is teaching people not to adopt artificial means of happi-
ness, but to take the real path of happiness as prescribed in the sdstra—
the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra—and become perfect in every
aspect of material existence.
TEXT 36
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evam vam tapyatos tivram
tapah parama-duskaram
divya-varsa-sahasrani
dvdédaseyur mad-dtmanoh
evam—in this way; vam—for both of you; tapyatoh—executing
austerities; tivram—very severe; tapah—austerity; parama-duska-
ram—extremely difficult to execute; divya-varsa—celestial years, or
years counted according to the higher planetary system; sahasrdni—
thousand; dvddasa—twelve; iyuh—passed; mat-dtmanoh—simply
engaged in consciousness of Me.
TRANSLATION
. Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years perform-
ing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Krsna
consciousness].
TEXTS 37-38
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