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Ananta-Samhita
  • Two Questions...

    1. Where can I get my hands on an English version of the Ananta-Samhita (if it exists).

    2. Does anybody have a citation for this particular verse? (It's also from the Ananta-Samhita)

    hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
    hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
    sodasaitani namani dvatrimsad varnakani hi
    kalau yuge maha-mantrah sammato jivatarane
    varjayitva tu namaitad durjanaih parikalpitam
    chandobaddham susiddhanta viruddham nabhyaset padam
    tarakam brahma-namaitad brahmana gurunadina
    kalisantaranadyasu sruti-svadhigatam hareh
    praptam sri brahma-sisyena sri naradena dhimata
    namaitad-uttamam srauta-paramparyena brahmanah
    utsrjyaitan-maha-mantram ye tvanyat kalpitam padam
    mahanameti gayanti te sastra-guru langhanah
    tattva-virodha-sanprktam tadrsam daurjanam matam
    sravatha pariharyam syadatma-hitarthina sada
    hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
    hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

    Hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare: This sixteen-name, thirty-two syllable mantra is the mahamantra in the age of Kali by which all living beings can be delivered. One should never abandon chanting this mahamantra and take to other so-called purificatory processes which are practiced by rascals, or engage in chanting other metrical compositions of the name of Krishna that are against the pure conclusions of the scriptures, or are filled with rasaabhaas. About this divinely spiritual mahamantra, which delivers one from material existence, the original guru, Lord Brahma, has said, kali-santararadi sruti, "The srutis have declared this mantra to be the best means of deliverance in the age of Kali". Having all heard this from Brahma, the sons and disciples of Brahma, beginning with Narada, all accepted the Hare Krishna mahamantra and, having meditated on it, attained perfection.
  • Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya quotes the lot.

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