Sri Nama-Sankirtana destroys all diseases

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One who is sick can chant the following verses for increasing one's faith in

the chanting of the Holy Name. These are choicest slokas on this subject

selected from different sources:

 

acyut€nandagovind€

n€mocc€rŠa bhiit€h

nayanti sakal€ rog€h

satyam satyam vad€myhaˆ (Brhan-Naradiya Purana)

 

''Frightened by hearing the utterance of the Names, O Achyuta! O Bliss

Embodied! O Govinda! All the diseases get cured, I avow this is an

invariable truth.''

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na s€mba vy€dhijam dukham

heyam n€nyauadhair api

hari n€ma auadham p…tv€

vy€dhis ty€jyau na samayah (Parasara Samhita)

 

''O Samba! Diseases are not cured by other medicines; but by using this

great medicine of Sri Hari-Nama, they are definitely removed.''

 

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€dhayo vy€dhayo yasya smaraŠ€ n€ma k…rtanat

tadaiva vilayam y€nti tama nantam nam€myaham (Hari-bhakti-vilasa)

 

''I offer my prostrated obeisances to the Infinite Lord, because by

remembering Him and singing His Names, all the physical and mental ailments

are forthwith rooted out.''

 

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mah€ vy€dhi sam€channau r€ja bodhopa piitah

n€r€yaŠeti sankirtya niratanko bhaven narah (

 

 

''A person who is highly afflicted by acute and chronic diseases and

oppressed by the ruling powers, is relieved of all his fears and anxieties

by the mere chanting of the Name of Sri Narayana.''

 

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idaˆ ar…raˆ pariŠ€ma-pealaˆ

pataty avayaˆ ata-sandhi-jarjaram

kim auadhaˆ pcchasi m™ha durmate

nir€mayaˆ kŠa-ras€yanaˆ piba (Mukunda-mala-stotra Verse 37)

 

This body’s beauty is fleeting, and at last the body must succumb to death

after its hundreds of joints have stiffened with old age. So why, bewildered

fool, are you asking for medication? Just take the KŠa elixir, the one

cure that never fails.

 

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Your servant,

Nayana-rañjana d€sa