260 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 19

even to a place in the heavenly planetary systems if it has no propaganda
to expand the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, no trace of
Vaisnavas, pure devotees of the Lord, and no festivals for spreading
Krsna consciousness. It would be better to live perpetually cramped
within the airtight bag of a mother’s womb, where one can at least
remember the lotus feet of the Lord, than to live in a place where there is
no opportunity to remember His lotus feet. I pray not to be allowed to
take birth in such a condemned place.” Similarly, in Caitanya-
caritamrta, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami says that since Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is the inaugurator of the sarkirtana movement, anyone who
performs sarikirtana to please the Lord is very, very glorious. Such a per-
son has perfect intelligence, whereas others are in the ignorance of
material existence. Of all the sacrifices mentioned in the Vedic
literatures, the performance of sarkirtana-yajra is the best. Even the
performance of one hundred asvamedha sacrifices cannot compare to the
sacrifice of sankirtana. According to the author of Sri Caitanya-
caritamrta, if one compares sankirtana-yajna to other yajfias, he is a
pasandi, an infidel, and is liable to be punished by Yamaraja. There are
many Mayavadis who think that the performance of sankirtana-yajna is
a pious activity similar to the performance of the asvamedha-yajna and
other such pious functions, but this is a nama-aparadha. Chanting of the
holy name of Narayana and chanting of other names are never equal,
despite what Mayavadis think.

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