Skandha 12
वित्तमेव कलौ नॄणां जन्माचारगुणोदयः ।
धर्मन्यायव्यवस्थायां कारणं बलमेव हि ॥ २.२॥
In Kaliyuga wealth alone will determine the lineage of a person, his conduct, his qualities etc. Strength of a person will be the only cause of how dharma and justice are organised. (2.2)
यस्तूत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवादः सङ्गीयतेऽभीक्ष्णममङ्गलघ्नः ।
तमेव नित्यं शृणुयादभीक्ष्णं कृष्णेऽमलां भक्तिमभीप्समानः ॥ ३.१५॥
The holy account of the qualities of Bhagavan of the highest renown, when chanted constantly, removes all inauspiciousness. Hence one, who longs for unalloyed devotion to Krishna, should constantly listen to that account. (3.15)
कृते प्रवर्तते धर्मश्चतुष्पात्तज्जनैर्धृतः ।
सत्यं दया तपो दानमिति पादा विभोर्नृप ॥ ३.१८॥
In Kritayuga, Dharma stands on four legs – Truth, Compassion, Austerity and Charity; people follow Dharma with full dedication at that time. Dharma is the form of Bhagavan. (3.18)
कलौ तु धर्महेतुनां तुर्यांशोऽधर्महेतुभिः ।
एधमानैः क्षीयमाणो ह्यन्ते सोऽपि विनङ्क्ष्यति ॥ ३.२४॥
In Kaliyuga, the four feet of Adharma – Untruth, Violence, Dissatisfaction and Strife, grow and hence the four feet of Dharma are weakened and only a fourth of Dharma remains; towards the close of Kaliyuga, that also is destroyed. (3.24)
कलेर्दोषनिधे राजन्नस्ति ह्येको महान् गुणः ।
कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य मुक्तसङ्गः परं व्रजेत् ॥ ३.५१॥
Kaliyuga is the repository of vices; but one great virtue is there. By merely singing on Krishna, all attachments are freed and one attains to Moksha. (3.51)
कृते यद्ध्यायतो विष्णुं त्रेतायां यजतो मखैः ।
द्वापरे परिचर्यायां कलौ तद्धरिकीर्तनात् ॥ ३.५२॥
The fruit obtained in Kritayuga by meditating (performing Tapasya) on Vishnu, in Tretayuga by worshipping Him through performance of yagas, and in Dvaparayuga by Puja and service to the Lord, is reaped in Kaliyuga by merely chanting the Stotras of Bhagavan. (3.52)
यदैवमेतेन विवेकहेतिना मायामयाहङ्करणात्मबन्धनम् ।
छित्त्वाच्युतात्मानुभवोऽवतिष्ठते तमाहुरात्यन्तिकमङ्ग सम्प्लवम् ॥ ४.३४॥
When one, with the sword of discrimination, cuts the bondage of mind by ego of the form of Maya, he gets established in the experience of Atma, i.e. Bhagavan. That real state of Atma, free from Maya, is called Aatyantika Pralaya. (4.34)
परं पदं वैष्णवमामनन्ति तद्यन्नेति नेतीत्यतदुत्सिसृक्षवः ।
विसृज्य दौरात्म्यमनन्यसौहृदा हृदोपगुह्यावसितं समाहितैः ॥ ६.३२॥
The state attained by the meditative Munis intent on Moksha by leaving aside everything other than the Supreme State and condemning it through ‘Neti, Neti’ (not this, not this), is the highest state of Vishnu; this is accepted by all Vedas and great men. They concentrate their minds with love on that state and destroy all mental impurities and tendencies of Anatma and get merged in that state. (6.32)
न ह्यम्मयानि तीर्थानि न देवाश्चेतनोज्झिताः ।
ते पुनन्त्युरुकालेन यूयं दर्शनमात्रतः ॥ १०.२३॥
(Shiva to sage Markandeya) Waters do not constitute Tirthas; inert images without lifeforce do not become Devatas. Tirthas and Devatas purify one in a long time; but saints like you do so immediately on mere Darshan. (10.23)
पतितः स्खलितश्चार्तः क्षुत्त्वा वा विवशो ब्रुवन् ।
हरये नम इत्युच्चैर्मुच्यते सर्वपातकात् ॥ १२.४७॥
Even if one involuntarily cries loudly ‘Haraye namah’ while falling down, slipping on the way, feeling miserable or while sneezing, he is freed from all sins. (12.47)
सर्ववेदान्तसारं यद्ब्रह्मात्मैकत्वलक्षणम् ।
वस्त्वद्वितीयं तन्निष्ठं कैवल्यैकप्रयोजनम् ॥ १३.१२॥
The subject explained in Srimad Bhagavatham is Brahman, which is the essence of all Upanishads, is without a second, and hence non-different from Atma; the only purpose of this work is Moksha. (13.12)
नामसङ्कीर्तनं यस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।
प्रणामो दुःखशमनस्तं नमामि हरिं परम् ॥ १३.२३॥
I prostrate to that supreme Hari, the chanting of names of whom destroys all sins, and the surrender at whose feet removes all misery. (13.23)
ॐ तत् सत्
