Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 damstri-damstrahato mleccho ha rameti punah punah uktvapi muktim apnoti kim punah sraddhaya grnan "Even a mleccha who is being killed by the tusk of a boar and who cries in distress again and again, "ha rama, ha rama" attains liberation. What then to speak of those who chant the holy name with veneration and faith?" PURPORT:This refers to an instance in which a meat-eater being killed by a boar uttered the words ha rama, ha rama again and again at the time of his death. Since this is a quotqtion from the Nrsimha Purana, this indicates that in the puranic age there must also have been mlecchas and yavanas (meat-eaters), and the words ha rama, meaning "condemned", were also uttered in those days. Thus Haridasa Thakura gives evidence tht ecen a meat-eater who condemns something by uttering the words ha rama gets the benefit of chanting the holy name that the devotee chants to mean "O my Lord Rama!" Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya 3.56 (NOTE:These words were spoken by Srila Haridasa Thakura in reply to the que- stion by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu about 'How the yavanas will be deliverd?") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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