All Vaisnavas duty to chant 64 rounds daily of the Mahamantra

[Paramananda das]

What is our prescribed duty in Kali yuga ? to chant Hare Krsna Mahamantra on the order of Lord Caitanya .How much chanting did Lord Caitanya ask for ? 64 rounds daily .. gauranga shrimukhe rupe kahila vaishnave;


laksha nama sankhya kari avasya karibe.


"Lord Gauranga gave the following instructions to all the Vaishnavas Himself and also through Shrila Rupa Goswami: Please compulsorily chant 100,000 names of Krishna daily


if we do not chant 64 rounds daily we are in mood of Raja Guru and Tama Guna


Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation


TEXT 8


duhkham ity eva yat karma


kaya-klesa-bhayat tyajet


sa krtva rajasam tyagam


naiva tyaga-phalam labhet


SYNONYMS


duhkham—unhappy; iti—thus; eva—certainly; yat—that which; karma—work; kaya—body; klesa—troublesome; bhayat—out of; tyajet—fear; sah—that; krtva—after doing; rajasam—in the mode of passion; tyagam—renunciation; na eva—certainly not; tyaga—renounced; phalam—results; labhet—gain.


TRANSLATION


Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome, or out of fear, is said to be in the mode of passion. Such action never leads to the elevation of renunciation.


PURPORT


One who is in Krsna consciousness should not give up earning money out of fear that he is performing fruitive activities. If by working one can engage his money in Krsna consciousness, or if by rising early in the morning one can advance his transcendental Krsna consciousness, one should not desist out of fear or because such activities are considered troublesome. Such renunciation is in the mode of passion. The result of passionate work is always miserable. Even if a person renounces work in that spirit, he never gets the result of renunciation.

Srila Prabhupada chanting Hare Krishna 64 rounds (1round - 7.30min)
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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.8:
दुःखम् इत्य् एव यत् कर्म काय-क्लेश-भयात् त्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्याग-फलं लभेत् ॥ ८ ॥
duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet |
sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāga-phalaṃ labhet || 8 ||
duḥkham–a cause of misery; iti–as; eva–certainly; yat–which; karma–work; kāya-kleśa-bhayāt–out of fear of bodily suffering; tyajet–may give up; saḥ–one; kṛtvā–having performed; rājasam–in the quality of passion;tyāgam–renunciation; na eva–certainly does not; tyāga-phalam–the result of renunciation; labhet–obtain.
When a person considers his karma (scripturally prescribed duty) to be a source of misery and relinquishes it out of fear of bodily discomfort, then his renunciation is considered to be in the mode of passion, and he fails to obtain the actual result of renunciation.
Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā
(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)
It is compulsory to perform one’s regular prescribed duty, the performance of which incurs a good result. No fault is incurred by its performance. Despite knowing this, some persons think, “But why should I perform that duty and give unnecessary pain to my body?” The renunciation of such persons is in the mode of passion. They do not attain knowledge, which is the result of renunciation.
Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga, Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada

Want to be free from maya? Then please chant minumum 64 rounds daily as ordered by Lord Gauranga:
Lord Gaurānga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Māyā?
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pranams and all glories to your service

1)
jīv jāgo, jīv jāgo, gauracānda bole
kota nidrā jāo māyā-piśācīra kole

(2)
bhajibo boliyā ese saḿsāra-bhitare
bhuliyā rohile tumi avidyāra bhare

(3)
tomāre loite āmi hoinu avatāra
āmi binā bandhu āra ke āche tomāra

(4)
enechi auṣadhi māyā nāśibāro lāgi'
hari-nāma mahā-mantra lao tumi māgi'

(5)
bhakativinoda prabhu-caraṇe pariyā
sei hari-nāma-mantra loilo māgiyā

TRANSLATION
1) Lord Gaurānga is calling, "Wake up, sleeping souls! Wake up, sleeping souls! How long will you sleep in the lap of the witch called Māyā?

2) You have forgotten the way of devotional service and are lost in the world of birth and death.

3) I have descended just to save you; other than Myself you have no friend in this world.

4) I have brought the medicine that will wipe out the disease of illusion from which you are suffering. Take this mahā-mantra-Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/HareRāma, Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare."

5) Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura says: "I fall at the Lord's feet, having taken this mahā-mantra."

This Lord Gaurangas humble wish and plea to daily chant 64 rounds minimum, Srila Prabhupada has stated it can be done in 5 hours.

From Prema-vilasa Chapter 17: Shrila Narottama to Shrila Kaviraja on the direct process to achieve love of Krishna:

prabhura achaye sankhya tina laksha nama;
eka laksha bhaktagane kaila kripa dana.

"Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu standard was to chant 3,00,000 names everyday. But He very mercifully awarded His devotees the process of chanting a minimum of 1,00,000 names of Krishna daily.

shri rupa kaila laksha granthera varnana;
tathapiha karila laksha nama grahana.

"Shrila Rupa Goswami has explained and quoted from over 100,000 different scriptures. Even though he was such a great scholar and devotee he himself chanted 100,000 Holy Names daily.

dasa gosvamira ache laksha pramana;
ei mata sarva bhakta kare harinama.

"Shrila Raghunatha dasa Goswami also rigidly followed the instructions of Lord Gauranga by chanting 100,000 names daily. In this way all the devotees chanted the Holy Names of the Lord daily without exception.

gauranga shrimukhe rupe kahila vaishnave;
laksha nama sankhya kari avasya karibe.

"Lord Gauranga gave the following instructions to all the Vaishnavas Himself and also through Shrila Rupa Goswami: Please compulsorily chant 100,000 names of Krishna daily
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Paramananda das


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Commentary by Sri Ramanuja of Sri Sampradaya:
18.8 Although actions constitute the indirect menas for release, yet they produce mental depression, since they can be done only by collecting materials involving painful effort and since they cause bodily strain on account of their requiring strenuous exertion. If, on account of such fear, one decides that the practice of knowledge alone should be tried for perfection in Yoga, and abandons actions like the great sacrifices applicable to one’s station in life, he practises renunciation rooted in Rajas. Since that is not the meaning of the Sastras, one cannot win the fruit of renunciation in the form of the rise of knowledge. So it will be shown further one: ‘That reason by which one erroneously knows, O Arjuna, is Rajasika’ (18.31). In fact, actions do not directly cause purity of the mind but indirectly by winning the grace of God.
Commentary by Sri Sridhara Swami of Rudra Sampradaya:
If one renounces actions out of fear of repercussions or due to inconvenience or bodily discomfort and gives up prescribed Vedic activities and obligatory duties such renunciation is understood to be clearly situated in raja guna or mode of passion. For pain and discomfort and its opposites pleasure and comfort are products of raja guna. Lord Krishna confirms that such jivas or embodied beings will definitely not derive the benefits of such renunciation in the form of purifying their minds and sanctifying their existence which are prerequisites for moksa or liberation from material existence.
Commentary by Sri Madhvacharya of Brahma Sampradaya:
Unless one is deluded, they will reject all that they see as nothing but misery. But misery in itself is a mental projection based upon angle of perception. It is because normally what is spoken of as affecting the physical body is considered to be separate from the mind that misery is merely a mental condition arising from an unwelcome reception. This is the meaning Lord Krishna is conveying. The Shabda Nirnaya states: Aggravation should be known as an external phenomena having an external source; with proper discrimination this is apparent.
Commentary by Sri Keshava Kashmiri of Kumara Sampradaya:
Here Lord Krishna speaks of the renunciation characterised by raja guna or mode of passion. The phrase dukham eva can mean troublesome. One who is unhappy about executing their obligations and forsakes their duties due to discomfort or else performs them reluctantly with minimal exertion and effort will acquire no benefit or reap any reward for their endeavors. They are known to be situated in raga guna and such renunciation will bestow neither spirirtual knowledge nor advancement in spiritual life.
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Commentary by Sri Vishvanatha Chakravarthi Thakur of Gaudiya Sampradaya:
Even though one knows that performance of nitya karma is necessary and to do it is praiseworthy and to neglect to do it is a sinful, if one rejects the action thinking it is useless trouble to the body, it is rajasa tyaga. One will not attain the desired result of tyaga, knowledge, by doing so.
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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.8:
दुःखम् इत्य् एव यत् कर्म काय-क्लेश-भयात् त्यजेत् ।
स कृत्वा राजसं त्यागं नैव त्याग-फलं लभेत् ॥ ८ ॥
duḥkham ity eva yat karma kāya-kleśa-bhayāt tyajet |
sa kṛtvā rājasaṃ tyāgaṃ naiva tyāga-phalaṃ labhet || 8 ||
duḥkham–a cause of misery; iti–as; eva–certainly; yat–which; karma–work; kāya-kleśa-bhayāt–out of fear of bodily suffering; tyajet–may give up; saḥ–one; kṛtvā–having performed; rājasam–in the quality of passion;tyāgam–renunciation; na eva–certainly does not; tyāga-phalam–the result of renunciation; labhet–obtain.
When a person considers his karma (scripturally prescribed duty) to be a source of misery and relinquishes it out of fear of bodily discomfort, then his renunciation is considered to be in the mode of passion, and he fails to obtain the actual result of renunciation.
Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā
(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)
It is compulsory to perform one’s regular prescribed duty, the performance of which incurs a good result. No fault is incurred by its performance. Despite knowing this, some persons think, “But why should I perform that duty and give unnecessary pain to my body?” The renunciation of such persons is in the mode of passion. They do not attain knowledge, which is the result of renunciation.