Śukadeva Gosvāmī

O King, although Kali is an ocean of faults, it has one great virtue: simply by chanting (the glories) of Kṛṣṇa, one is freed from attachment and reaches the Supreme.

Therefore, O Bhārata, one who desires fearlessness should hear of, glorify, and remember Hari — the Lord, the controller, the Self of all.

This much alone is the highest attainment of birth for human beings, whether by sāṅkhya, by yoga, or by steadfast performance of one's own duty: the remembrance of Nārāyaṇa at the end.

Whatever (was gained) in the Satya age by meditating on Viṣṇu, in the Tretā age by performing sacrifices, and in the Dvāpara age by ritual worship, that (same result) is gained in the age of Kali by chanting (the glories of) Hari.

O best of kings, for people who do not perceive the truth of the self — householders absorbed in domestic life — there are thousands of things to be heard about, and so on.

The royal sage named Khaṭvāṅga, on learning here the measure of his remaining lifespan, within a single moment gave up everything and went to Hari, the giver of fearlessness.

O king, for those free of all desire, for those who desire everything, and for the yogis who are free from fear of every kind, this has been ascertained alike: the constant chanting of the name of Hari.