🪷 ŚB 12.3.52

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

कृते यद्ध्यायतो विष्णुं त्रेतायां यजतो मखै: । द्वापरे परिचर्यायां कलौ तद्धरिकीर्तनात् ॥ ५२ ॥

Transliteration

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 be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

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ŚB 12.3.52requested verse-reference route for this Bhāgavatam reading pageŚB 12.3parent chapter route and reading-passage indexSkandha 12parent skandha chapter index/bhagavatammaster index for 12 skandhas, 335 chapters, and 13,003 reading pagesŚB 1.1.1satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi · the Bhāgavatam source meditationŚB 1.2.6supreme dharma as ahaitukī and apratihatā bhaktiŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Krishna-pramāṇa source sealŚB 10.10.29Dāmodara/Yamala-arjuna · Krishna as supreme original PersonŚB 10.10.30-31Krishna as Kāla · Viṣṇu · Paramātmā · AntaryāmīŚB 10.10.38speech, hearing, body, mind, head, and sight offered in Krishna-sevāŚB 10.10.39Gokuleśvara bound by love, smilingŚB 10.10.40Nārada correction as anugrahaŚB 10.10.41sādhu-darśana removes bondage-darknessŚB 12.2.18Kalki witness at ŚambhalaŚB 12.3.51Kali-yuga blessing through Krishna-kīrtanaSkandha 10 līlā index20-anchor Krishna-līlā reading pathway inside the Bhāgavatam master pageBG 7.7mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat · no source higher than KrishnaBG 10.8ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ · Krishna as source of allBG 15.15Krishna seated in every heart and the target of all Veda/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Bhāgavata prema as the Bindu made rasa/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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