Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 20/06/2011 - 22/06/2011

SB 12.2.1

sri-suka uvaca
tatas canu-dinam dharmah
satyam saucam ksama daya
kalena balina rajan
nanksyaty ayur balam smrtih

 

sri-sukah uvaca—Sukadeva Gosvami said; tatah—then; ca—and; anudinam—day after day; dharmah—religion; satyam—truth; saucam—cleanliness; ksama—tolerance; daya—mercy; kalena—by the force of time; balina—strong; rajan—O King Pariksit; nanksyati—will become ruined; ayuh—duration of life; balam—strength; smrtih—memory.

 

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Then, O King, religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day because of the powerful influence of the age of Kali.

Sukadeva Gosvami

 

 

SB 12.3.51

kaler dosa-nidhe rajann
asti hy eko mahan gunah
kirtanad eva krsnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet

 

kaleh—of the age of Kali; dosa-nidheh—in the ocean of faults; rajan—O King; asti—there is; hi—certainly; ekah—one; mahan—very great; gunah—good quality; kirtanat—by chanting; eva—certainly; krsnasya—of the holy name of Krsna; mukta-sangah—liberated from material bondage; param—to the transcendental spiritual kingdom; vrajet—one can go.

 

My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.

Sukadeva Gosvami