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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 345

kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ

tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ

dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ

kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt

SYNONYMS

kṛte—in the Satya-yuga; yat—which; dhyāyataḥ—from meditation; viṣṇum—on Lord Viṣṇu; tretāyām—in the Tretā-yuga; yajataḥ—from worshiping; makhaiḥ—by performing sacrifices; dvāpare—in the age of Dvāpara; paricaryāyām—by worshiping the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; kalau—in the Age of Kali; tat—that same result (can be achieved); hari-kīrtanāt—simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

TRANSLATION

" 'Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.'

PURPORT

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.52). At the present moment in Kali-yuga there are many false meditators who concoct some imaginary form and try to meditate upon it. It has become fashionable to meditate, but people know nothing about the object of meditation. That is explained here. Yad dhyāyato viṣṇum. One has to meditate upon Lord Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Without referring to the śāstras, so-called meditators aim at impersonal objects. Lord Kṛṣṇa has condemned them in Bhagavad-gītā (12.5):

kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām

avyaktāsakta-cetasām

avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ

dehavadbhir avāpyate

"For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied."

Not knowing how to meditate, foolish people simply suffer, and there is no benefit derived from their spiritual activities. The same reference can be found in the following verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.2.17), Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa 72.25) and Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa (38.97).

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-kṛte—in Satya-yuga; yat—which; dhyāyataḥ—from meditation; viṣṇum—on Lord Viṣṇu; tretāyām—in Tretā-yuga; yajataḥ—from worshiping; makhaiḥ—by performing sacrifices; dvāpare—in the Age of Dvāpara; paricaryāyām—by worshiping the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; kalau—in the Age of Kali; tat—that same result (can be achieved); hari-kīrtanāt—simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
+kṛte—in the Satya-yuga; yat—which; dhyāyataḥ—from meditation; viṣṇum—on Lord Viṣṇu; tretāyām—in the Tretā-yuga; yajataḥ—from worshiping; makhaiḥ—by performing sacrifices; dvāpare—in the age of Dvāpara; paricaryāyām—by worshiping the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; kalau—in the Age of Kali; tat—that same result (can be achieved); hari-kīrtanāt—simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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-“‘Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.’
+" 'Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can also be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.'
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-This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[SB 12.3.52]]). At the present moment in Kali-yuga there are many false meditators who concoct some imaginary form and try to meditate upon it. It has become fashionable to meditate, but people know nothing about the object of meditation. That is explained here. Yad dhyāyato viṣṇum. One has to meditate upon Lord Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Without referring to the śāstras, so-called meditators aim at impersonal objects. Lord Kṛṣṇa has condemned them in the Bhagavad-gītā ([[BG 12.5]]):
+This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.52). At the present moment in Kali-yuga there are many false meditators who concoct some imaginary form and try to meditate upon it. It has become fashionable to meditate, but people know nothing about the object of meditation. That is explained here. Yad dhyāyato viṣṇum. One has to meditate upon Lord Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa. Without referring to the śāstras, so-called meditators aim at impersonal objects. Lord Kṛṣṇa has condemned them in Bhagavad-gītā ([[BG 12.5 (1972)|12.5]]):
-:kleśo ’dhikataras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām
+:kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām
-:avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ dehavadbhir avāpyate
+avyaktāsakta-cetasām
+:avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ
+:dehavadbhir avāpyate
-“For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.” Not knowing how to meditate, foolish people simply suffer, and there is no benefit derived from their spiritual activities.
+"For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied."
-The same idea expressed in this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam can be found in the following verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.2.17), Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa 72.25) and Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa (38.97).
+Not knowing how to meditate, foolish people simply suffer, and there is no benefit derived from their spiritual activities. The same reference can be found in the following verse from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.2.17), Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa 72.25) and Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa (38.97).
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