Sri Padyavali
BY: SUN STAFF
Oct 09, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of 'Sri Padyavali' by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
Nama-mahatmya
The Glory of the Holy Name
Text 25
nama cintamanih krishnas
caitanya-rasa-vigrahah
purnah suddho nitya-mukto
'bhinnatvan nama-naminoh
namah-the holy name; cintamanih-transcendentally blissful giver of all spiritual benedictions; krishnah-not different from Krishna; caitanya-rasa-vigrahah-the form of all transcendental mellows; purnah-complete; suddhah-pure, without material contamination; nitya-eternal; muktah-liberated; abhinn-tvat-due to not being different; nama-of the holy name; naminoh-and of the person who has the name.
The holy name of Krishna is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Krishna Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Krishna's name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Krishna Himself.
Since Krishna's name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with maya. Krishna's name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Krishna and Krishna Himself are identical.*
-Sri Vyasa
Text 26
madhura-madhuram etan mangalam mangalanam
sakala-nigama-valli-sat-phalam cit-svarupam
sakrid api parigitam sraddhaya helaya va
bhrigu-vara nara-matram tarayet krishna-nama
madhura-of sweet things; madhuram-the sweetest; etat-this; mangalam-most auspicious; mangalanam-of auspicious things; sakala-of all; nigama-the Vedic literatures; valli-of the vine; sat-phalam-the best fruit; cit-spiritual; svarupam-in nature; sakrit-once; api-even; parigitam-chanted; sraddhaya-with faith; helaya-with contempt; va-or; bhrgu-vara-O best of the Bhrgus; nara-matram-a person; tarayet-delivers; krishna-of Lord Krishna; nama-the name.
Krishna's name is the sweetest of sweet things, the most auspicious of auspicious things, the transcendental fruit of the vine of all Vedic literature. O best of the Bhrigus, chanted even once, either with faith or contempt, it delivers the chanter.
-Sri Vyasa
Text 27
svargarthiya vyavasitir asau dinayaty eva lokan
mokshapeksha janayati janam kevalam klesa-bhajam
yogabhyasah parama-virasas tadrisaih kim prayasaih
sarvam tyaktva mama tu rasana krishna krishneti rautu
svarga-the heavenly material realms; arthiya-to attain; vyavasitih-the attempt; asau-this; dinayati-impoverishes; eva-certainly; lokan-the worlds; moksha-for liberation; apeksha-the desire; janayati-makes; janam-a person; kevalam-only; klesa-of sufferings; bhajam-the possessor; yoga-of yoga; abhyasah-the endeavors; sarvam-all of them; tyaktva-abandoning; mama-of me; tu-indeed; rasana-the tongue; krishna-Krishna; krishna-Krishna; iti-thus; rautu-may chant.
The attempt to attain the heavenly svarga planets impoverishes the entire world. The desire to attain impersonal liberation brings only trouble. The regimen of yoga is dry and tasteless. What is the use of endeavors like these? I will abandon them all, and simply make my tongue chant "Krishna, Krishna".
-author unknown
Text 28
sada sarvatraste nanu vimalam adyam tava padam
tathapy ekam stokam na hi bhava-taroh patram abhinat
kshanam jihva-grastam tava tu bhagavan nama nikhilam
sa-mulam samsaram kasati katarat sevyam anayoh
sada-always; sarvatra-everywhere; aste-is; nanu-it not?; vimalam-splendid; adyam-spiritual; tava-Your; padam-effulgence; tatha api-still; ekam-one; stokam-small; na-not; hi-indeed; bhava-of birth and death; taroh-from the tree; patram-a leaf; abhinat-breaksh; kshanam-for a moment; jihva-by the tongue; grastham-grasped; tava-Your; tu-indeed; bhagavan-O Lord; nama-name; nikhilam-completely; sa-with; mulam-the root; samsaram-the cycle of repeated birth and death; kasati-destroys; katarat-which?; sevyam-should be accepted; anayoh-of the two.
O Lord, is Your impersonal spiritual effulgence not always present everywhere? Even so, it has not been able to break even a single small leaf from the tree of repeated birth and death. On the other hand, the moment Your holy name is taken by the tongue it thoroughly shatters the tree of birth and death down to it's roots. Of these two (the spiritual effulgence or the holy name): which should be served?
-Sri Sridhara Svami
Text 29
akrishtih krita-cetasam sumanasam uccatanam camhasam
acandalam amuka-loka-sulabho vasyas ca mukti-sriyah
no diksham na ca sat-kriyam na ca purascaryam manag ikshate
mantro 'yam rasana-sprig eva phalati sri-krishna-namatmakah
akrishtih-attraction; krita-cetasam-of saintly persons; su-manasam-of the most liberal-minded; uccatanam-annihilator; ca-also; amhasam-of sinful reactions; a-candalam-even to the candalas; amuka-except the dumb; loka-sulabhah-very easy to achieve for all persons; vasyah-full controller; ca-and; mukti-sriyah-of the opulence of liberation; no-not; diksham-initiation; na-not; ca-also; sat-kriyam-pious activities; na-not; ca-also; purascaryam-regulative principles before initiation; manak-slightly; ikshate-depends upon; mantrah-mantra; ayam-this; rasana-tongue; sprik-touching; eva-simply; phalati-is fruitful; sri-krishna-nama-atmakah-consisting of the holy name of Lord Krishna.
The holy name of Lord Krishna is an attractive feature for many saintly liberal people. It is the annihilator of all sinful reactions and is so powerful that save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the candala. The holy name of Krishna is the controller of the opulence of liberation, and it is identical with Krishna. Simply by touching the holy name with one's tongue, immediately effects are produced. Chanting the holy name does not depend on initiation, pious activities or the purascarya regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The holy name does not wait for all these activities. It is self-sufficient.*
-Sri Lakshmidhara
Text 30
viceya_ni vicaryani
vicintya_ni punah punah
kripanasya dhananiva
tvan-namani bhavantu nah
viceya_ni-to be collected; vicaryani-to be counted; vicintya_ni-to become the object of thoughts; punah-again; punah-and again; kripanasya-of a miser; dhana_ni-the wealth; iva-like; tvat-of You; nama_ni-the holy names; bhavantu-may become; nah-for us.
O Lord, just as a miser continually collects, counts and remembers his money, in the same way let us continually collect, count, and remember Your holy names,
-Sri Bhavananda
Text 31
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrisi tava kripa bhagavan mama_pi
durdaivam idrisam ihajani nanuragah
namnam-of the holy names of the Lord; akari-manifested; bahudha-various kinds; nija-sarva-saktih-all kinds of personal potency; tatra-in that; arpita-bestowed; niyamitah-restricted; smarane-in remembering; na-not; kalah-consideration of time; etadrisi-so much; tava-Your; kripa-mercy; bhagavan-O Lord; mama-My; api-although; durdaivam-misfortune; idrisam-such; iha-in this (the holy name); ajani-was born; na-not; anuragah-attachment.
My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names, such as Krishna and Govinda, by which You expand Yourself. You have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your holy names, I am so unfortunate that I commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore I do not achieve attachment for chanting.*
-Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
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