210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 23

TEXT 16

WATAAas «= - ASSIA: |
ad wife ARatadated qt EI

mantratas tantratas chidram
desa-kalarha-vastutah

sarvam karoti nischidram
anusankirtanam tava

mantratah—in pronouncing the Vedic mantras improperly;
tantratah—in insufficient knowledge for following regulative principles;
chidram—discrepancy; desa—in the matter of country; kala—and
time; arha—and recipient; vastutah—and paraphernalia; sarvam—
all these; karoti—makes; _nischidram—without _ discrepancy;
anusankirtanam—constantly chanting the holy name; tava—of Your

Lordship.

TRANSLATION

There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and ob-
serving the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be dis-
crepancies in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But
when Your Lordship’s holy name is chanted, everything becomes
faultless.

PURPORT
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended:

harer nama harer ndma
harer namaiva kevalam

kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is
chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no
other way. There is no other way.” (Brhan-naradiya Purdna 38.126) In
this age of Kali, it is extremely difficult to perform Vedic ritualistic
