CC Madhya 20.339

Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

CC Madhya 20.338

CC Madhya 20.340

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 339

ei mantre dvāpare kare kṛṣṇārcana
‘kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana’—kali-yugera dharma

SYNONYMS

ei mantre—by this mantra; dvāpare—in the Age of Dvāpara; kare—perform; kṛṣṇa-arcana—the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana—chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kali-yugera dharma—the occupational duty in the Age of Kali.

TRANSLATION

“By this mantra, the people worship Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvāpara-yuga. In Kali-yuga the occupational duty of the people is to chant congregationally the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 12.3.51):

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ

kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-bandhaḥ paraṁ vrajet

“My dear King, although Kali-yuga is full of faults, there is still one good quality about this age. It is that simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.” Thus in Kali-yuga one worships Lord Kṛṣṇa by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. To propagate this movement, Lord Kṛṣṇa personally appeared as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. That is described in the following verse.