Glories of the Holy Name

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O Hari-nama! The tips of the toes of Your lotus feet

are constantly being worshiped by the glowing radiance

emanating from the string of gems known as the

Upanishads, the crown jewels of all the Vedas. You are

eternally adored by liberated souls, such as Narada

and Sukadeva. O Hari-nama! I take complete shelter of

You.

 

O Hari-nama, all glories to You! sung by all the

sages, You are the supreme combination of syllables,

and You bring transcendental bliss to all people. even

if a person utters You only once disrespectfully,

still You relieve his many extreme sufferings.

 

O sun of the Holy Name, even a dim glimmer of Your

splendor swallows up the powerful darkness of

materialistic life and gives those who are blind to

the truth the vision to follow the path of pure

devotional service. Who in this world, even if learned

and pious, can fully describe Your transcendental

glory?

 

O Holy Name, the Vedas declare that meditation on the

impersonal Brahman cannot bring freedom from karmic

reactions, that they have to be enjoyed or suffered,

but that when You manifest in one’s consciousness all

karma at once disappears.

 

O Holy Name, You have many forms, such as Aghadamana

(Crusher of Aghasura), Yasodanandana (Darling Child of

Yasoda), Nandasunu (Son of Nanda), Kamalanayana

(Lotus-eyed One), Gopichandra (Moon of the gopis),

Vrajendra (King of Vrindavana ), Prakatakaruka (He

Who Is Merciful to the surrendered souls), and

Krishna. I pray that my love for You in Your many

forms may greatly increase.

 

O Holy Name, You are manifested in two forms: the

Supreme Person You designate, and the sound vibration

that designates. We know that the second form is more

merciful than the first, because even if a person

offends Your first form in many ways, You plunge him

into an ocean of transcendental bliss if he serves

Your second form with his voice.

 

O Holy name! You destroy the many sufferings of those

who take shelter of You. You are the very form of

intense spiritual bliss, a festival of happiness for

Gokula, and the perfect and complete form of Lord

Krishna. Again and again I bow to You.

 

O enlivener of Narada’s Vina , O flood of the waves

of sweet nectar, O Holy Name of Lord Krishna, please

forever manifest on my tongue with all your nectarean sweetness.

 

 

 

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