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Çré Viñëusahasranäma
of people without any access to a bona fide process of spiritual
advancement for ultimate liberation from material suffering.
That the average person would be disqualified from selfrealization
because of the inebrieties of kali-yuga was as
intolerable to the compassionate Yudhiñöhéra as it was to
Bhéçma, Vyäsa and Lord Kåñëa. Yudhiñöhéra wanted a definite
solution to this serious problem that he could pass down to the
successors of his dynasty to benefit future generations of the
citizens. Bhéçma understood this, and gave Yudhiñöhéra the
process that was to become the yuga-dharma in kali-yuga:
näma-saìkértana or the congregational chanting of the Holy
Names of the Lord. In the Padma Puräëa Lord Çiva is quoted
as saying to Pärvaté,
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ärädhanänäà sarveñäà viñëor ärädhanaà param
“Worshiping Lord Viñëu is the supreme process of worship.”
And the authorized process for worshiping Lord Viñëu in kaliyuga
is chanting His Holy Names:
yajnaiù saìkértana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhañaù
“In kali-yuga, those who are intelligent perform the saìkértanayajïa,
the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the Holy
Names of the Lord.” [Çrémad-Bhägavatam 11.5.32]
And in the Caitanya-caritämåta, in the section describing the
reasons for the incarnation of Kåñëa as Lord Çré Caitanya
Mahäprabhu, we find the following statement by Lord Kåñëa
Himself:
yuga-dharma pravartäimu näma-saìkértana
cäri bhäva-bhakti diyä näcämu bhuvana
Lord Kåñëa declared: “I shall personally inaugurate the
religion of the age: näma-saìkértana, the congregational
chanting of the Holy Name. I shall make the world dance in
ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional
service.” [Adi-lila 3.19]