The maha-mantra is mentioned in various scriptures as the only means of deliverance in this age of Kali:
The Upanisads on the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra:
> (Kali-santarara Upanisad)
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
iti sodasakam namnam kali-kalmasa-nasanam
natah parataropayah sarva-vedesu drsyate
The sixteen names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra: hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare destroy all the inauspiciousness of the age of Kali. This is the conclusion of all the Vedas.
The Puranas on the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra:
> (Agni-Purana)
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare ratanti halaya vapi te krtartha na samsayah Hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare: Whoever chants this mantra,
even neglectfully, will attain the supreme goal of life. Of this there is no doubt.
Vedic Samhitas on the maha-mantra:
> (Ananta-Samhita)
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna 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 krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
Hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare This sixteen-name, thirty-two syllable mantra is the maha-mantra in the age of Kali by which all living beings can be delivered. One should never abandon chanting this maha-mantra and take to other so-called purificatory processes which are practiced by rascals, or engage in chanting other metrical compositions of the name of Krsna that are against the pure conclusions of the scriptures, or are filled with
rasabhasa. About this divinely spiritual maha-mantra, which delivers one from material existence, the original guru, Lord Brahma, has said, kali-santararadi srutite, "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 Krsna maha-mantra and, having meditated on it, attained perfection.
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