Text 16] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 221
harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nésty 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.” In His Siksdstaka, Lord Caitanya
says, param vijayote Ssri-krsna-sankirtanam: “All glories to the chanting
of Sri-krsna-sankirtana!’ The maha-mantra—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
Hare—is directly chanted by the Lord Himself, who gives us this mantra
for deliverance.

We cannot invent any means to be delivered from the dangers of ma-
terial existence. Here, even the demigods, such as Lord Brahma and Lord
Siva, and the prajdpatis, such as Daksa, are said to be like illuminating
sparks in the presence of the Supreme Lord, who is compared to a great
fire. Sparks are beautiful as long as they are in the fire. Similarly, we
have to remain in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
and always engage in devotional service, for then we shall always be
brilliant and illuminating. As soon as we fall from the service of the
Lord, our brilliance and illumination will immediately be extinguished,
or at least stopped for some time. When we living entities, who are like
sparks of the original fire, the Supreme Lord, fall into a material condi-
tion, we must take the mantra from the Supreme Personality of Godhead
as it is offered by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By chanting this Hare Krsna
mantra, we shall be delivered from all the difficulties of this material
world.

TEXT 16
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fama ast eed TaT|
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