Sri Padyavali
BY: SUN STAFF
Oct 08, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'Sri Padyavali' by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Nama-mahatmya
The Glory of the Holy Name
Text 16
amhah samharad akhilam
sakrid udayad eva sakala-lokasya
taranir iva timira-jaladhim
jayati jagan-mangalam harer nama
amhah-sins; samharat-removes; akhilam-all; sakrit-once; udayat-from the arisal; eva-certainly; sakala-entire; lokasya-of the world; taranih-the sun; iva-like; timira-of darkness; jaladhim-an ocean; jayati-all glories; jagat-to the universe; mangalam-auspiciousness; hareh-of Lord Hari; nama-the name.
All glories to the holy name of Lord Hari. As the boat of the sun goes to the other shore of the ocean of darkness, so the all-auspicious holy name, rising once, destroys all sins. -Sri Laksh_midhara
Text 17
caturnam vedanam hridayam idam akrishya harina
caturbhir yad varnaih sphutam aghati narayana-padam
tad etad gayanto vayam anisam atmanam adhuna
punimo janimo na hari-paritoshaya kim api
caturnam-of the four; vedanam-Vedas; hridayam-the heart; idam-this; akrisya-extracted; harina-by Lord Hari; caturbhih-with four; yat-which; varnaih-syllables; sphutam-clearly; aghati-manifests; narayana-Narayana; padam-the word; tat-therefore; etat-this; gayantah-chanting; vayam-we; anisam-day and night; atmanam-ourselves; adhuna-now; punimah-purifying; janimah-we know; na-not; hari-of Lord Krishna; paritoshaya-for the satisfaction; kim api-something.
Extracting the four syllables that are the heart of the four Vedas, Lord Hari makes the word Narayana. Day and night chanting this name, we become purified. We do not know any other better way to please Lord Hari.
-author unknown
Text 18
yoga-sruty-upapatti-nirjana-vana-dhyanadhva-sambhavita-
svarajyam pratipadya nirbhayam ami mukta bhavantu dvijah
asmakam tu kadamba-kunja-kuhara-pronmilad-indivara-
sreni-syamala-dhama-nama jushatam janmastu lakshavadhi
yoga-of yoga; sruti-and Vedic study; upapatti-attainment; nirjana-in a solitary; vana-forest; dhyana-meditation; adhva-path; sambhavita-may be; svarajyam-kingdom; pratipadya-entering; nirbhayam-fearless; ami-they; muktah-liberated; bhavantu-may become; dvijah-the twice-born; asmakam-of us; tu-however; kadamba-of kadamba trees; kunja-of a grove; kuhara-deep within; pronmilat-blooming; indivara-of blue lotus flowers; sreni-of a series; syamala-a dark; dhama-splendor; nama-the name; jushatam-engaged; janma-birth; astu-may be; laksha-avadhi-100,000.
Let the twice-born enter the fearless kingdom of yoga, Vedic study, and solitary meditation in the forest. Let them become liberated in that way. As for us, we will spend hundreds of thousands of births chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna, whose splendid dark complexion and yellow garments are like a host of blue lotus flowers blooming in a grove of yellow-flower-bearing kadamba trees.
-Sri Isvara Puri
Text 19
kalyananam nidhanam kali-mala-mathanam pavanam pavananam
patheyam yan mumukshoh sapadi para-pada-praptaye procyamanam
visrama-sthanam ekam kavi-vara-vacasam jivanam saj-jananam
bijam dharma-drumasya prabhavatu bhavatam bhutaye krishna-nama
kalyananam-of an abundance of happinesses; nidhanam-the reservoir; kali-of the Kali-yuga; mala-of sins; mathanam-chasing away; pavanam-the purifier; pavananam-of purifiers; patheyam-the lunch; yat-which; mumukshoh-of one aspiring for liberation; sapadi-at once; para-pada-the supreme abode; praptaye-for attaining; procyamanam-described; visrama-sthanam-the pleasure garden; ekam-sole; kavi-os saints, philosophers, and poets; vara-of the best; vacasam-of the words; jivanam-the life; sat-jananam-of the righteous; bijam-the seed; dharma-of religion; drumasya-of the tree; prabhavatu-may be; bhavatam-of you; bhutaye-for the auspiciousness; krishna-of Lord Krishna; nama-the name.
May Krishna's holy name, which is a reservoir of all transcendental happiness, the destruction of Kali-yuga's sins, the most purifying of all purifying things, the saintly person's food as he traverses the path to the spiritual world, the pleasure-garden where the voices of the greatest saints, philosophers, and poets play, the life of the righteous, and the seed of the tree of religion, bring transcendental auspiciousness to you all.
-author unknown
Text 20
vepante durita_ni moha-mahima sammoham alambate
satankam nakha-ranjanim kalayati sri-citraguptah kriti
sa_nandam madhu-parka-sambhriti-vidhou vedhah karoty udyamam
vaktum namni tavesvarabhilashite brumah kim anyat sparam
vepante-tremble; durita_ni-sins; moha-of illusion; mahima-the glory; sammoham-fainting; alambate-attains; sa-with; atankam-fear; nakha-ranjanim-the toenails; kalayati-observes; sri-citraguptah-Yamaraja's scribe Citragupta; kriti-satisfied; sa-withp; a_nandam-bliss; madhu-parka-water and honey; sambhriti-vidhau-in the offering; vedhah-Lord Brahma; karoti-does; udyamam-readiness; vaktum-to be spoken; namni-when the name; tava-of You; isvara-O Supreme Personality of Godhead; abhilashite-is desired; brumah-we may say; kim-what?; anyat-else; param-more.
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious, Yamaraja's scribe Citragupta becomes happy and gazes at the chanter's toenails with awe and reverence, and Lord Brahma prepares madhu-parka to worship him. O Lord, what more can we say than this?
-author unknown
Text 21
kah pareta-nagari-purandarah
ko bhavad atha tadiya-kinkarah
krishna-nama jagad-eka-mangalam
kantha-pitham urari-karoti cet
kah-who?; pareta-nagari-of the other world; purandarah-the king; kah-who?; bhavet-is; atha-then; tadiya-of him; kinkarah-the servant; krishna-of Krishna; nama-the holy name; jagat-in the world; eka-the sole; mangalam-auspiciousness; kantha-of the neck; pitham-on the seat; urari-karoti-places; cet-if.
Lord Krishna's holy name is the only auspiciousness in this world. If one places it on his neck, then what is Yamaraja, the king of the other world, to him? What are Yamaraja's servants to him?
-Sri Anandacarya
Text 22
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
a_nandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam
cetah-of the heart; darpana-the mirror; marjanam-cleansing; bhava-of material existance; maha-davagni-the blazing forest fire; nirvapanam-extinguishing; sreyah-of good fortune; kairava-the white lotus; candrika-the moonshine; vitanam-spreading; vidya-of all education; vadhu-wife; jivanam-the life; a_nanda-of bliss; ambudhi-the ocean; vardhanam-increasing; prati-padam-at every step; purna-amrita-of the full nectar; asvadanam-giving a taste; sarva-for everyone; atma-snapanam-bathing of the self; param-transcendental; vijayate-let there be victory; sri-krishna-sankirtanam-for the congregational chanting of the holy name of Krishna.
Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Krishna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the holy name of Krishna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step.*
-Bhagavan Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Text 23
brahmandanam koti-sankhyadhikanam
aisvaryam yac cetana va yad-amsah
avirbhutam tan-mahah krishna-nama
tan me sadhyan sadhanam jivanam ca
brahmandanam-of universes; koti-of millions; sankhya-the number; adhikanam-exceeding; aisvaryam-the opulence; yat-which; cetana-knowledge; va-or; yat-of which; amsah-a portion; avirbhutam-manifested; tat-of that; mahah-the glory; krishna-of Lord Krishna; nama-the name; tat-that; me-of me; sadhyam-the goal; sadhanam-the means of attaining the goal; jivanam-the life; ca-also.
If the opulence or knowledge of many millions of universes were clustered together, they would hardly equal a small fragment of the glory of Krishna's holy name. Krishna's holy name is my life. It is the goal of my life. It is the means I will employ to attain the goal of my life.
-author unknown
Text 24
vishnor namaiva pumsah samalam apaharat punyam utpadayac ca
brahmadi-sthana-bhogad viratim atha guroh sri-pada-dvandva-bhaktim
tattva-jnanam ca vishnor iha mriti-janana-bhranti-bijam ca dagdhva
sampurnananda-bodhe mahati ca purusham sthapayitva nivrittam
vishnoh-of Lord Vishnu; nama-the holy name; eva-certainly; pumsah-of a person; samalam-sin; apaharat-removes; punyam-piety; utpadayat-establishes; ca-and; brahma-with Lord Brahma; adi-beginning; sthana-of the posts; bhogat-to the enjoyment; viratim-indifference; atha-then; guroh-of the spiritual master; sri-pada-of the feet; dvandva-for the pair; bhaktim-devotion; tattva-of the truth; jnanam-knowledge; ca-also; vishnoh-of Lord Vishnu; iha-here; mriti-of death; janana-and birth; bhranti-the wandering; bijam-the seed; ca-also; dagdhva-burning; sampurna-perfect and complete; ananda-of transcendental bliss; bodhe-in awareness; mahati-great; ca-also; purusam-a person; sthapayitva-placing; nivrittam-saintly.
Lord Vishnu's holy name removes sin, establishes piety, makes one disinterested in the attempt to gain an exalted post like that of Lord Brahma, grants devotion for the lotus feet of the spiritual master, brings transcendental knowledge of Lord Vishnu, burns the seed of repeated birth and death, and places the saintly devotee in complete awareness of perfect transcendental bliss.
-Sri Vyasa
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