Verse Seven (sy\u0101t k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-carit\u0101di-sit\u0101py avidy\u0101) of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta (The Nectar of Instruction) describes the effect of the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and how it purifies one who constantly and respectfully chants it. \u015ar\u012bla B.R. \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja elaborates upon this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
- VERSE 7<\/a><\/li>
- ILLUMINATION<\/a>
- One Tongue is Not Sufficient<\/a><\/li>
- Drowning in an Ocean of Sweetness<\/a><\/li>
- Mah\u0101prabhu \u2013 the Inaugurator of Sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Book Navigation<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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- Foreward to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Preface to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Introduction to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Ma\u1e45gal\u0101cara\u1e47a (Auspicious Invocation) of Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 1<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 2
\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 3<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 4<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 5<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 6<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 7<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 8<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 9<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 10<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 11<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u015ar\u012b Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta Bh\u0101\u1e63\u0101<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div>VERSE 7<\/h2>\n
\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0928\u093e\u092e\u091a\u0930\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0926\u093f\u0938\u093f\u0924\u093e\u092a\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924\u094b\u092a\u0924\u092a\u094d\u0924\u0930\u0938\u0928\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0928 \u0930\u094b\u091a\u093f\u0915\u093e \u0928\u0941 \u0964
\n\u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0930\u093e\u0926\u0928\u0941\u0926\u093f\u0928\u0902 \u0916\u0932\u0941 \u0938\u0948\u0935 \u091c\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0926\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0935\u0924\u093f \u0924\u0926\u094d\u0917\u0926\u092e\u0942\u0932\u0939\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0965 \u096d \u0965<\/p>\nsy\u0101t k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-carit\u0101di-sit\u0101py avidy\u0101-
\npittopatapta-rasanasya na rocik\u0101 nu
\nkintv \u0101dar\u0101d anudina\u1e41 khalu saiva ju\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101
\nsv\u0101dv\u012b kram\u0101d bhavati tad-gada-m\u016bla-hantr\u012b
\n<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word
\n<\/strong>sy\u0101t \u2013 <\/em>do not become; k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 <\/em>\u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; n\u0101ma \u2013 <\/em>Holy Name; carita \u2013 <\/em>pastimes; \u0101di \u2013 <\/em>etc; sit\u0101 \u2013 <\/em>sugar candy; api \u2013 <\/em>even; avidy\u0101 \u2013 <\/em>ignorance; pitta \u2013 <\/em>jaundice; upatapta \u2013 <\/em>afflicted; rasanasya \u2013<\/em> to the tongue; na \u2013<\/em> not; rocik\u0101 \u2013 <\/em>sweet; nu \u2013 <\/em>alas; kintu \u2013<\/em> however; \u0101dar\u0101d \u2013 <\/em>respectfully; anudinam \u2013 <\/em>constantly; khalu \u2013<\/em> certainly; sa \u2013 <\/em>he; eva \u2013<\/em> it; ju\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101 \u2013 <\/em>taken; sv\u0101dv\u012b \u2013 <\/em>relishable; kram\u0101d \u2013 <\/em>gradually; bhavati \u2013 <\/em>become; tad \u2013 <\/em>that; gada \u2013 <\/em>disease; m\u016bla \u2013 <\/em>root; hantr\u012b \u2013 <\/em>destroyed.<\/p>\nTranslation
\n<\/strong>Alas! Even K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s Name, form and pastimes, which are like sweet sugar candy, are distasteful to one whose tongue is afflicted by the jaundice of ignorance. However, when one constantly and respectfully chants the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and becomes absorbed in His divine attributes then gradually they become sweet and one\u2019s ignorance is destroyed at the root.<\/span><\/p>\nILLUMINATION<\/h2>\n
There must be an ear of the type which can catch nectar, the sweetness from divine sound. That which is sweet to one may be bitter to another according to the taste. In this verse R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b says, \u201cWhen our inner tongue is influenced by ignorance, the Holy Name of the Lord tastes very bitter.\u201d If there is an attack of bile in the body, then the tongue is affected and sweet things taste bitter \u2013 avidy\u0101-pittopatapta<\/em>. When there is an attack of bile, sugar candy tastes bitter, but when the disease is cured that sugar candy will taste sweet. The Holy Name, k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-kath\u0101<\/em>, tastes bitter and unpleasant now, but the Holy Name is the medicine to remove that defect from our inner tongue. First sugar candy is bitter but when we take more and more, then the disease will go and the sugar candy\u2019s taste will be sweet. If we apply this unpleasing medicine for some time, that bile will be removed and it will be found to be very, very sweet. Raso vai sa\u1e25.<\/em> It will gradually taste sweet, sweeter and sweetest. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma<\/em> is like that. To the ignorant it is very bitter and repulsive, but this is the medicine to remove that ignorance and then gradually and gradually His glorious sweetness will come and charm the whole existence.<\/p>\n
With the help of the guru, the scriptures, and the previous experienced persons, I shall try to stand the test that, \u201cYes, because the bile is so, everything is tasting bitter. But this process will remove the bile. I shall have to wait for some time, and when the bile is gone, I shall taste sugar candy as sweet.\u201d May\u0101 santu\u1e63\u1e6da manasa\u1e25 sarv\u0101\u1e25 sukha-may\u0101 di\u015ba\u1e25<\/em> \u2013 \u201cFor one who is satisfied with Me, then all the four directions will bring only good news to him.\u201d All waves will carry only welfare to that person who is satisfied with God only and nothing else. \u201cI want God, and His interests are my interest. He is the loving father, guardian, or friend of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
When we take the Holy Name at the beginning we think it is our duty to count so many rounds. Sometimes it is painful. But when we get taste in the Holy Name then the inner tendency excites us to take the Holy Name more and more \u2013 not as a duty, not just to finish sixteen rounds. When that inner sweetness comes to us, then we can go on with real bhajana<\/em>. That is the stage of service. It becomes automatic, spontaneous. When the Holy Name tastes sweet, then only natural service begins. It attains the stage of bhajana<\/em> and divulges the r\u016bpa<\/em>, then parikara vai\u015bi\u1e63\u1e6da l\u012bl\u0101<\/em>. In this way it goes up.<\/p>\n
There are so many stages to pass through to dive deep into reality. Our progress and speed will be such that we will have to pass through all these covering to enter into the substantial world. Otherwise we will remain in the realm of imagination and thereby we won\u2019t get any strength within. First our spiritual life begins with \u015braddh\u0101<\/em> where we inquire into the eternal life. Then s\u0101dhu-sa\u1e47ga<\/em> \u2013 association with the experts of that divine plane. The next stage is bhajana-kriy\u0101<\/em>, where we must strictly observe what has been recommended for us by the s\u0101dhus<\/em> in orderto reach the next stage. Then anartha-niv\u1e5btti<\/em> \u2013 the ulterior demands of our superficial nature will disappear. Ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101 <\/em>is the next stage \u2013 that is the continuous remembrance of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. It is just as when oil is poured in one continual flow, not drop by drop but a continual flow. Similarly, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness will remain always in our mind in some form or other. After ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>, the negative side is eliminated. Ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em> continues to increase into ruci<\/em>. Sometimes we may find that we are in the midst of other aspirations; that is not ruci<\/em> proper. If now and then some ruci<\/em> appears within us, that is not real ruci<\/em>. Proper ruci<\/em> is to be traced after ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>. Ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em> means continued association with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 twenty-four hours living in the relativity of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. The advent of ruci<\/em> is only possible after the continued connection of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, not before that. After ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101,<\/em> when ruci<\/em> will come, that will be reliable. That is proper ruci<\/em>. And there will always be humility up to the last point. One will always think that, \u201cI have no ruci<\/em>.\u201d Because the finite is coming in connection with the infinite, we can never be satisfied thinking, \u201cI have got something!\u201d If we think that we have ruci<\/em> for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, we have got much love and affinity for Him, then we will commit many offences and we will be hurled down. We must be very careful. After ruci<\/em>, the next stage is asakti<\/em>, when we cannot tolerate any separation from K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Then there is the stage of bh\u0101va<\/em> when we come in real connection with V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. Bh\u0101va<\/em> is like the primitive stage of the flower, the bud. When that bud blossoms it becomes prema<\/em>.<\/p>\n
At the stage when ruci<\/em> and bh\u0101va<\/em> appear within us, the Holy Name will be very, very sweet. The sweet taste will begin to dawn. That is the dawn of love, prema<\/em>. Only that is rasa<\/em> and all other things are virasa<\/em> \u2013 tasteless.<\/p>\n
One Tongue is Not Sufficient<\/h3>\n
In his B\u1e5bhad-bh\u0101gavat\u0101m\u1e5btam<\/em>, San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b has written:<\/p>\n
jayati jayati n\u0101m\u0101nanda r\u016bpa\u1e41 mur\u0101rer
\nviramita-nija-dharma-dhy\u0101na-p\u016bj\u0101di-yatnam
\nkatham api sak\u1e5bd \u0101tta\u1e41 mukti-da\u1e41 pr\u0101\u1e47in\u0101\u1e41 yat
\nparamam am\u1e5btam eka\u1e41 j\u012bvana\u1e41 bh\u016b\u1e63a\u1e47a\u1e41 me<\/em><\/p>\nAll glories, all glories to the most blissful Holy Name of Mur\u0101ri, which causes the devotee to give up all religious duties, meditation and worship. If somehow or other the Holy Name is chanted even once by a living entity, that person attains liberation. The Holy Name is the supreme nectar and it is my very life and my only treasure. (B\u1e5bhad-bh\u0101gavat\u0101m\u1e5btam<\/em> 1.9)<\/p>\n
Jayati jayati n\u0101m\u0101nanda r\u016bpa\u1e41 mur\u0101rer<\/em> \u2013 may the ecstasy in the service of the Holy Name always be victorious. Viramita-\u200bnija-\u200bdharma-\u200bdhy\u0101na-\u200bp\u016bj\u0101di-\u200byatnam<\/em> \u2013 if somehow we come in contact with that divine sound then all other activities become paralysed. If one can get a little taste for that sort of divine bliss, then his charm for all religious activities vanishes. They have no necessity. First dharma<\/em> \u2013 our sense of duty is paralysed. Dharma<\/em> means var\u1e47\u0101\u015brama-dharma<\/em> \u2013 this business engagement of the karm\u012b<\/em> in this mundane world. There are so many variegated duties but they have no necessity at all if we attain the service of the Holy Name. Dhy\u0101na, <\/em>or meditation, means to retire from this physical world and to meditate within, trying to exploit the internal world. That is also paralysed when we serve the Holy Name. P\u016bj\u0101<\/em> \u2013 that is covering the R\u0101m\u0101nuja samprad\u0101ya<\/em>. They are very fond of arcana<\/em>. When one gets the grace of the Holy Name, he becomes indifferent to other service, even arcana<\/em>. There is no necessity. If you get the real grace of the Holy Name, then you will have to retire from all the phases of different types of worshipping \u2013 dharma, dhy\u0101na<\/em> and p\u016bj\u0101<\/em>. The Holy Name will take you to the conception of Goloka and you will have to retire completely from all these phases of your life. Any work \u2013 even if it may be for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 the Name can stop all this. You will not be able to give any attention to any other thing. You will find so much sweetness in taking the Holy Name. When you finally come in contact with the sound aspect of the Absolute, then all other enthusiastic attempts in you will be paralysed.<\/p>\n
cak\u1e63e dh\u0101r\u0101 dehe gharma, pulikata saba carma,
\nvivar\u1e47a haila kalevara
\nm\u016brcchita haila mana, pralayera \u0101gamana,
\nbh\u0101ve sarva-deha jara jara
\nkari eta upadrava, citte var\u1e63e sudh\u0101-drava,
\nmore \u1e0d\u0101re premera s\u0101gare
\nkichu n\u0101 bujhite dila, more ta\u2019 v\u0101tula kaila,
\nmora citta-vitta saba hare<\/em><\/p>\nTears flow from my eyes, my body perspires, my complexion becomes pale, my mind loses its equilibrium, I begin to feel devastated and my entire body becomes stunned by ecstatic feelings. During this disturbance, my consciousness is bathed by a shower of nectar from the Holy Name that drowns me in an ocean of divine love. It will not allow me to try to comprehend anything, rather it turns me into a lunatic by stealing away my mind and determination. (\u015aara\u1e47\u0101gati, \u015ar\u012b N\u0101ma-m\u0101h\u0101tmya<\/em> 3-4)<\/p>\n
All other functions are paralysed. You can\u2019t attend them. You are only chanting the Holy Name. Then again, when that Name will allow you to do other services, you can do them. The Name has such a high degree of potency that it will stop all other branches of service and charm you. You will find so much sweetness in chanting the Holy Name. When you actually come in contact with the sound aspect of the Absolute then all other enthusiastic attempts in you will be paralysed. All other functions will be paralysed. You can only take the Name. Only when the Holy Name allows you to do other services, you can do that. The Holy Name has such a high degree of potency. It will stop all other branches of services and charm you. What a song! The simple Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 what voltage is within? Who can understand? According to the depth of ones realisation, inwardly it will react. In his Vidagdha M\u0101dhava<\/em> R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b writes:<\/p>\n
tu\u1e47\u1e0de t\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davin\u012b rati\u1e41 vitanute tu\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101val\u012b-labdhaye
\n<\/em>kar\u1e47a-kro\u1e0da-ka\u1e0dambin\u012b gha\u1e6dayate kar\u1e47\u0101rbudebhya\u1e25 sp\u1e5bh\u0101m
\nceta\u1e25-pr\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e47a-sa\u1e45gin\u012b vijayate sarvendriy\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 k\u1e5bti\u1e41
\nno j\u0101ne janit\u0101 kiyadbhir am\u1e5btai\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47eti var\u1e47a-dvay\u012b<\/em><\/p>\nI do not know how much nectar the two syllables \u2018K\u1e5b\u1e63-\u1e47a\u2019 have produced. When the Holy Name is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that Name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the Holy Name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert. (Vidagdha-m\u0101dhava<\/em> 1.15)<\/p>\n
Tu\u1e47\u1e0de t\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davin\u012b \u2013<\/em> when it comes down and captures the tongue, it strongly controls the lips and engages them in taking the Holy Name. The tongue and the lips become mad as that power descends in them. Rati\u1e41 vitanute tu\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101vali <\/em>\u2013 and there also comes a feeling that only one tongue and one mouth is not sufficient. Thousands of mouths are necessary. One mouth is not sufficient to take the Name. Kar\u1e47a Kro\u1e0da ka\u1e0dambin\u012b<\/em> \u2013 when that current enters the ear and captures it with such great force, one thinks that only two ears are not sufficient. I want millions of ears to attend that sweet current that is entering into my ears. Two ears \u2013 that is nothing. That is very unjust of the creator. Millions of ears are necessary if you can hear the sweet Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, then your heart may be a little satisfied. We have an unquenchable desire for millions and millions of ears to attend to the sweet Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. It is like a flood pushing through the ear. So sweet, so sweet! Ceta\u1e25-pr\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e47a-sa\u1e45gin\u012b vijayate sarvendriy\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e41<\/em> \u2013 as it goes to capture the heart, the centre of all the senses, then everything becomes paralysed. Wherever that sweet aggressor touches, the whole thing is captured with such intensity that all other things are ignored. No j\u0101ne janit\u0101 kiyadbhir am\u1e5btai\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47eti var\u1e47a-dvay\u012b<\/em> \u2013 I do not know, I cannot say, I fail to express how much and what sort of quality of nectar is in the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 only these two letters. These two letters can contain so much and of such a high quality of sweetness that it plays like this wherever it goes. Its nature is like that. That sweetness is so aggressive. Wherever it goes it captures the whole thing and nothing remains.<\/p>\n
Drowning in an Ocean of Sweetness<\/h3>\n
This is experienced with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s flute also \u2013 the sound of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s flute has so much mystic power that it captures the whole dh\u0101ma<\/em>. We are told that the current of the Yamun\u0101 stops to hear this sound. The current is stabilised because that sweet sound is there. It attracts the trees, the birds, the beasts \u2013 everything is astounded in coming in connection with that sweet vibration coming from the flute. R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b says \u2013<\/p>\n
rundhann ambu-bh\u1e5bta\u015b camatk\u1e5bti-para\u1e41
\nkurvan muhus tumburu\u1e41
\ndhy\u0101n\u0101d antarayan sanandana-mukh\u0101n
\nvism\u0101payan vedhasam<\/em><\/p>\nautsuky\u0101valibhir bali\u1e41 ca\u1e6dulayan
\nbhog\u012bndram \u0101gh\u016br\u1e47ayan
\nbhindann a\u1e47\u1e0da-ka\u1e6d\u0101ha-bhittim abhito
\nbabhr\u0101ma va\u1e41\u015b\u012b-dhvani\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\nThe sound of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s flute stopped the movements of the rain clouds, struck the king of the Gandharvas with astonishment, and disturbed the meditation of the great saints led by Sanandana. Brahm\u0101 was amazed, the mind of Bali became disturbed and it made Ananta turn around as it penetrated the layers of the universe. (Vidagdha-m\u0101dhava<\/em> 1.15)<\/p>\n
When the sound of the flute came from K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a what was the effect? Vedhasam<\/em> autsuky\u0101valibhir bali\u1e41 ca\u1e6dulayan<\/em> \u2013 R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b has used this expression. Brahm\u0101 was looking this side and that side, \u201cFrom what side is this sort of sound coming?\u201d The creator of this world was perplexed. \u201cWhere is this peculiar sound coming from?\u201d He was looking this side and that side. And bhog\u012bndram \u0101gh\u016br\u1e47ayan<\/em> \u2013 Anantadeva, who is supposed to carry this whole world on his heads \u2013 his head is reeling. He is the support of this whole material creation and his head is reeling! \u201cWhere is this vibration coming from? It is so sweet, so capturing.\u201d<\/p>\n
In this way R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b says that when the sweet sound of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s flute comes it is of such a nature that its sweetness maddens us. It is so sweet, but we cannot adjust, we cannot capture it. We cannot utilise it for our purpose. It surpasses all our feelings of taste, of measurement, of good and bad, of pain and pleasure \u2013 they are all paralysed. It surpasses everything! It is so sweet that it makes us mad. We forget everything, I am nowhere but in an ocean of joy. How much sweetness or ecstasy or pleasure and satisfaction can we take? How much capacity do we have to taste? Our capacity is very limited. That may be covered, but this flute sound will drown me in an ocean of sweetness.<\/p>\n
Mah\u0101prabhu – the Inaugurator of Sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/h3>\n
Sound vibration can play wonders. Sound has got the highest capturing potency and power. Sound can make or mar; it can do anything. Sound has got such an intrinsic capacity when that sound is absolute sweetness and goodness. That is universal, and that comes from the subtlest plane of ether. Such a universal characteristic \u2013 how it can capture! We are like blades of grass and the current of that sweet sound may move us. We cannot trace our own personality, we may lose ourselves there but we do not die, the soul is eternal. We are saved, but we are diving, going up and down, moved by the current of that sweet sound. That sound is so great and so sweet it can play with us in whichever way that it likes.<\/p>\n
N\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em> \u2013 the sound that is identical with absolute goodness and sweetness. We cannot suppose how much power that may have. Mah\u0101prabhu says, \u201cDon\u2019t neglect that sound which has come, which is one and the same with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. The sweetness and the goodness \u2013 everything there has been represented to you in a very cheap way. Nothing is required \u2013 no money nor physical energy, so many things are not necessary, only genuine souls. Take this sound sincerely and you will be so enriched that none can believe that there is so much goodness. You obtain it very cheaply, but you must take it with whole-hearted sincerity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mah\u0101prabhu laid stress on sa\u1e45k\u012brtana <\/em>because japa<\/em> is within and there disturbances are allowed to attack. I may begin with some japa<\/em> but my mind wanders here, there and everywhere. However, when I am engaged in k\u012brtana<\/em> I cannot but be all-attentive. Also, others are not being benefitted from the chanting of japa<\/em>. Mah\u0101prabhu is the pioneer of sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em>, not of japa<\/em>.<\/p>\n
k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-var\u1e47a\u1e41 tvi\u1e63\u0101k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u1e41 s\u0101\u1e45gop\u0101\u1e45g\u0101stra-p\u0101r\u1e63adam
\nyaj\u00f1ai\u1e25 sa\u1e45k\u012brtana-pr\u0101yair yajanti hi su-medhasa\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\nIn the age of Kali, those who are very intelligent will perform congregational chanting and worship the incarnation of the Lord who constantly sings the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Although His complexion is not dark, He is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself and He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. (\u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> 11.5.32)<\/p>\n
Mah\u0101prabhu came as R\u0101dh\u0101-Govinda combined and is the inaugurator of sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em>. His advice is so valuable and so necessary for us. With that spirit we shall come and join this k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em> which is most purifying and all fulfilling. The positive attainment is that we may lose ourselves in that ocean of inconceivable sweetness. That is Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s grace. Param vijayate \u015br\u012b k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a sa\u1e45k\u012brtanam.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Verse Seven (sy\u0101t k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-carit\u0101di-sit\u0101py avidy\u0101) of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta (The Nectar of Instruction) describes the effect of the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and how it purifies one who constantly and respectfully chants it. \u015ar\u012bla B.R. \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja elaborates upon this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[206,228],"krishna_talk_article":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7496"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9864,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496\/revisions\/9864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7496"},{"taxonomy":"krishna_talk_article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/krishna_talk_article?post=7496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}