Remedy for the Age of Kali
The Srimad Bhagavatam, spoken 5,000 years ago accurately predicted the symptoms in the current age of Kali, also known as the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. However, this age has also received special benediction by the merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, to make it very easy for us to return back home, back to Godhead.
SB
1.1.10
prayenalpayusah
sabhya kalav
asmin yuge janah mandah
sumanda-matayo manda
bhagya hy upadrutah
TRANSLATION
O
learned one, in this iron age of Kali men have but short lives.
They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and, above all,
always disturbed. [Sukadeva Goswami]
SB
12.2.6
dure
vary-ayanam tirtham
lavanyam kesa-dharanam udaram-bharata
svarthah satyatve dharstyam eva hi daksyam
kutumba-bharanam yaso 'rthe dharma-sevanam
TRANSLATION
A sacred
place will be taken to consist of no more than a reservoir of
water located at a distance, and beauty will be thought to depend
on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become the goal of
life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as truthful. He
who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert man, and
the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake of
reputation. [Sukadeva Goswami]
SB
12.3.51
kaler
dosa-nidhe rajan
asti hy eko mahan gunah
kirtanad eva krsnasya
mukta-sangah param vrajet
TRANSLATION
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
Krishna mahamantra one can become free from material bondage and
be promoted to the transcendental kingdom. [Sukadeva Goswami]
SB
12.3.52
krte yad
dhyayato visnum
tretayam yajato makhaih
dvapare paricaryayam kalau
tad dhari-kirtanat
TRANSLATION
Whatever
result was obtained in Satya-yuga be meditating on Visnu, in
Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices and in Dvapara-yuga by
serving the Lord' s feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by
chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. [Sukadeva Goswami]
CC
Adi 17.22
kali-kale
nama-rupe krsna-avatara nama haite haya sarva-jagat-nistara
TRANSLATION
In this
Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Krsna. Simply by chanting
the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who
does this is certainly delivered.