In Kali Yuga, the One Support Is to Sing the Qualities of Rama
Uttara Kanda, Chaupai 99
Doha 104 · Movement 1 of 2
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Krita Yuga crosses through meditation upon Hari. Treta crosses through manifold sacrifices offered to the Lord. Dvapara crosses through worship of Raghupati's feet. Each age receives a discipline fitted to its inner climate.
Kali has one support: sing the qualities of Rama. Yoga, sacrifice, and knowledge no longer stand as the general road. Whoever abandons every other reliance, worships Rama, and sings his virtues with love crosses the ocean of becoming without doubt.
The glory of the Name is manifest in this age. Kali also carries a merciful distinction: a sinful thought alone does not become a completed sin, while a virtuous intention bears sacred fruit. In an age where minds are easily invaded, grace does not equate every passing shadow with action. The path remains open through loving remembrance, song, and the direction the heart chooses to nourish.
The great machinery of former ages falls silent, and one human voice singing Rama becomes a boat across the world.
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कृतजुग सब जोगी बिग्यानी। करि हरि ध्यान तरहिं भव प्रानी।। त्रेताँ बिबिध जग्य नर करहीं। प्रभुहि समर्पि कर्म भव तरहीं।। द्वापर करि रघुपति पद पूजा। नर भव तरहिं उपाय न दूजा।। कलिजुग केवल हरि गुन गाहा। गावत नर पावहिं भव थाहा।। कलिजुग जोग न जग्य न ग्याना। एक अधार राम गुन गाना।। सब भरोस तजि जो भज रामहि। प्रेम समेत गाव गुन ग्रामहि।। सोइ भव तर कछु संसय नाहीं। नाम प्रताप प्रगट कलि माहीं।। कलि कर एक पुनीत प्रतापा। मानस पुन्य होहिं नहिं पापा।।
In Krita Yuga, all beings are yogis and wise sages; meditating on Hari, they cross the ocean of worldly existence. In Treta Yuga, people perform various yajnas and cross worldly existence by dedicating their actions to the Lord. In Dwapara Yuga, by worshipping the feet of Raghupati, people cross the world; there is no other means. In Kali Yuga, only by singing the glories of Hari do people fathom and cross worldly existence. In Kali Yuga, there is no yoga, no yajna, no jnana. The one support is singing the glories of Rama. Abandoning all other reliance, whoever worships Rama and lovingly sings His countless virtues, that person surely crosses worldly existence, without any doubt. The power of the Name is manifest in Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga has one sacred distinction: sins of thought alone do not become actual sins.