The holy name dances on the tongue

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The holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent; therefore when a

devotee chants Hare KŠa, KŠa and His internal potency are dancing on the

tongue of the devotee. (Bhagavad-g…t€ As It Is 12.8 purport)

 

Baladeva Vidyabhusana (in his Stava-mala-vibhusana-bhasya), has stated:

 

When the sixteen names and thirty-two syllables of the Hare KŠa mantra are

loudly vibrated, KŠa Himself dances on ones tongue.

 

Rupa Goswami has also described that the holy name would dance on Lord

Caitanya's tongue as He chanted.

 

Bhaktivinoda Thakura has described how the tongue must be purified to

attract the holy name to dance on it:

 

By the mercy of the pure holy name, the holy name enters the devotee's

thinking process, and then descends to the tongue if the tongue is purified

by devotional service. On that tongue the holy name dances. The holy name is

not a series of material syllables. It only seems to be material syllables

when it dances on a tongue made of matter. That is the secret of the holy

name. (Jaiva Dharma Ch. 23)