Please provide meaning of Hare Krishna

[Guest guest]

|| Om Gurave Namah ||

Dear Mukund,

Let me explain with my student knowledge of Sanskrit.

 

'Hare' is the 8th form of the noun 'Hari'.

 

8th form of the noun is called sambhodanam meaning to address or call

a person.

 

All words ending with 'ee' as in Hari have similar declenations. For

Example 'kavi'(poet) declination is also similar.

 

1st form 'kaviH' for use as subject

2nd form 'kavim.h' for use as object

3rd form kavinA instrumental form, (for english word 'by' is used )

4th form kavaye

5th form kaveH

6th form kaveH

7th form kavau

8th form kave use to address or call (similar to Hari/Hare).

 

Rama and Krishna is also in Sambhodana Vibhkati forms.

so basically with mantra like 'hare rama krishna' you call Hari, Rama

and Krishna respectively.

 

(refer http://sanskrit.gde.to/learning_tools/noun.itx for more on

declinations of noun)

 

'Ha' is Akaasha beeja used both for Hara (shiva) and Hanumaan. Hari

can also mean shiva, vishnu, Fire, Indra etc.

 

Rama is solar energy.And Krishna is Lunar energy.

So words Hare,Rama,Krishna invoke Fire,Sun and moon all the prime

light givers.

 

 

Warm Regards

Sanjay P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

vedic astrology, "monmuk111" <monmuk111>

wrote:

>

> Dear Gentlepeople:

>

> In Sanskrit, "Har" means "take" or "kill.Hare" means "to take

> away" or "to kill."

>

> So, "Hare Krishna" translated word for word in English would have a

> rather unsusal meaning, i.e. "take away Krishna."

>

> I'm sure I'm making a mistake here so can some learned person tell

> me/group what is meant when I say "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna;

> Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare."

>

> I've been reapting this at my local ISKCON temple because everyone

> else is, but don't know what it actually means.

>

> Thanks.

> Mukund

[Guest guest]

Hello Sanjay:

 

You've explained this so nicely and thoroughly. Thank you.

 

Mukund

 

vedic astrology, sanjay@s... wrote:

>

> || Om Gurave Namah ||

> Dear Mukund,

> Let me explain with my student knowledge of Sanskrit.

>

> 'Hare' is the 8th form of the noun 'Hari'.

>

> 8th form of the noun is called sambhodanam meaning to address or

call

> a person.

>

> All words ending with 'ee' as in Hari have similar declenations.

For

> Example 'kavi'(poet) declination is also similar.

>

> 1st form 'kaviH' for use as subject

> 2nd form 'kavim.h' for use as object

> 3rd form kavinA instrumental form, (for english word 'by' is

used )

> 4th form kavaye

> 5th form kaveH

> 6th form kaveH

> 7th form kavau

> 8th form kave use to address or call (similar to Hari/Hare).

>

> Rama and Krishna is also in Sambhodana Vibhkati forms.

> so basically with mantra like 'hare rama krishna' you call Hari,

Rama

> and Krishna respectively.

>

> (refer http://sanskrit.gde.to/learning_tools/noun.itx for more on

> declinations of noun)

>

> 'Ha' is Akaasha beeja used both for Hara (shiva) and Hanumaan. Hari

> can also mean shiva, vishnu, Fire, Indra etc.

>

> Rama is solar energy.And Krishna is Lunar energy.

> So words Hare,Rama,Krishna invoke Fire,Sun and moon all the prime

> light givers.

>

>

> Warm Regards

> Sanjay P.

vedic astrology, "monmuk111" <monmuk111>

> wrote:

> >

> > Dear Gentlepeople:

> >

> > In Sanskrit, "Har" means "take" or "kill.Hare" means "to take

> > away" or "to kill."

> >

> > So, "Hare Krishna" translated word for word in English would have

a

> > rather unsusal meaning, i.e. "take away Krishna."

> >

> > I'm sure I'm making a mistake here so can some learned person

tell

> > me/group what is meant when I say "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna;

> > Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare."

> >

> > I've been reapting this at my local ISKCON temple because

everyone

> > else is, but don't know what it actually means.

> >

> > Thanks.

> > Mukund

[Guest guest]

Hello Pandit Gada-dhara:

 

First and foremost, thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

 

I read your answer several times; however, it comes across as a lot

of contradicting mumbo-jumbo that the million different god-men and

god-women in Hindustan are feeding the masses.

 

You're calling my simple attempt to understand the meaning of the

chant "Hare Krishna" an apradh (a crime). Why is it a crime to

attempt to translate a mantra?

 

I'm a Hindu and a Brahmin who was born and rasied along side

discussion of scriptures and Bhagwad Gita in my home and I've NEVER

EVER hear Radha (Shri Krisna's sweetheart) being addressed or known

as "Hare."

 

Well, to each his own. You/your school of thought is entitled to the

mumbo-jumbo about translation being an Apradh, etc. etc. Bhagvad Gita

has been translated in many different languages, have the tranlators

committed a crime?

 

I find the translation provided by Sanjay Prabhakar more appleaing

and acceptable.

 

Once more, thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

 

Mukund

 

vedic astrology, "gadadhar108"

<gadadhar108> wrote:

>

>

> Dear Mukund, people interperet the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra in

different ways

> according to their level of spiritual adhikara (avancement). There

are three stages in

> the chanting of Sri Krishna Nama. No:1 is Nama Aparadha or chanting

the Name while

> simultaneously comitting offence. Ten offences exist in the japa or

kirtan of Sri

> Krishnas Name and bhaktas endeavor to avoid these. Offence number

five is to

> attempt to interperet the Name by dictionary definition or through

grammatical rules

> and theory. Although Nama Aparadha is the lowest stage of Sri

Krishnas Name, its

> recitation brings dharma, artha and kama. No:2 is Nama Abhasa or a

hazy realisation

> of Hari Nama which is an intermediate stage where aparadha is

absent but Sri Nama

> has not yet revealed Himself entirely. Nama Abhasa gives one

moksha. No:3 is Suddha

> Nama when Bhagavans Name appears to the bhakta in its purest form.

If a devotee

> after accepting Hari Nama initiation from Sri Guru then practices

his Nama Sadhana

> with an attitude of humility, tolerance and giving honour to others

(without desiring

> honour for oneself) and without comitting offences, then he may by

the grace of Guru

> reach the platform of Suddha Nama. Suddha Nama gives one Krishna

Prema. This is

> pure loving service unto the Lotus Feet of Sri Sri Radha and

Krishna.

> Sri Krishna posesses three major energies (1 ) Cit sakti (spiritual

energy) (2) Tatashta

> or Jiva Sakti (marginal energy) and (3) Maya sakti (illusory

energy). Inside Cit sakti as

> its highest pleasure priciple (anandam) is an energy named Hladini

sakti. Srimati

> Radharani is the creator, personification and very essence of this

sakti and Her name

> is Hara. "Hare" is an address to and invocation of Cit sakti then

Hladini sakti and then

> Hara Devi (Srimati Radharani) Herself. Hare Krishna = Radha Krishna.

> Then in the Mantra we have the name "Rama". As the Vaisnava Bhakta

progresses on

> the path of bhakti, his conciousness gradually rises through the

material sratosphere

> on through the non-dualistic plane of Brahman then past the abode

of Mahadeva and

> on in to Ayodhyaloka and Vaikunthaloka. A devotee in Ayodhya will

see the name

> "Rama" in the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra as denoting Sri

Ramachandraji the husband

> of Sita Devi and the life and soul of Hanuman. Where as a devotee

who has reached

> further to the Vaikuntha planets of Sri Sri Lakshmi Narayana will

interperet "Rama" in

> the Maha Mantra to mean Balarama the elder brother of Sri Krishna

and the origin of

> the three Maha Visnu's. This idea also applies for bhaktas in

Dwaraka Lila. But as with

> "Hare" and "Krishna", the deepest inner meaning of "Rama" in the

Mantra is found in

> Goloka Vrindavana where bhakti reaches its zenith of purity and

intensity. Ultimately

> the Maha Mantra is designed to take the devotee to Vrindavan. Here

in Vrindavana

> "Rama" refers to Ramana as in Sri Sri Radha Ramana. He who gives

ecstacy to the

> bhaktas. As Bhagavana says in the Gita 10:9 tusyanti ca ramanti ca.

> There is so much more to be said but I hope this helps you a

little. Dandabat Pranams,

> Gadadhara Pandit Dasa.