Namasthe- Njanappaana 58

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Njanappaana 58

 

Sakthi verittu sancharicheedumbol Paathramaayilla ennathu kondethum

Parithaapam manassil muzhukkonda Thiru naamathin maahaathmyam kettaalum

Jaathi paarkiloranthyajanaakilum Vedavaadi maheesuranaakilum

Naavu koodaathe jaathanmaaraakiya Mookareyangozhichulla maanushar

Ennamatta thiru naammullathil Onnu maathram orikkal oru dinam

Swasthanaayittirikkumbozhenkilum Swapnathil Thaanariyatheyenkilum

Mattonnayipparihasicchenkilum Mattorutharkkum ventiyennakilum

Ethu dikkilirikkilum thannude Naavu kondithu cholliyennakilum

Athumalloru neram oru dinam Chevi kondithu kettu vennakilum

Janma saaphalyamappozhe vannu poi Brahma sayoojyam kitteedumennallo

Srredharaachaaryan thaanum paranjithu Baadaraayanan thaanum arul cheythu.

 

When one does not attain salvation even after living a detached life,

he need not feel sad about that. Please listen to the greatness of

naamam (lines 1-2). It does not matter whether one belongs to the

class of Vedic scholars or the so called lowest caste of Chandaalaas

(lines 3). All except those who are born with out a tongue can choose

a divine name out of the countless names of Bhagavaan available, and

chant it when one gets some leisure time or chant involuntarily in a

dream or even utter it mockingly or chant naamam for other's sake

(lines 4-7). Irrespective of where one lives, one can either chant

naamam by oneself or can listen to somebody chanting the naamam (lines

8,9). This naamasankeertthanam immediately leads one to to the

ultimate purpose of life which is Brahma saayujyam or salvation or

merging with Paramaathma (lines 10). This truth is unequivocally

stated by Vyaasa Bhagavaan and Sreedharaachaaryar (lines 11).

 

Sometimes even great devotees are subjected to physical suffering and

do not attain salvation quickly. This is only because of the residual

praarabdha karmaas that have to be exhausted in the same janma. But

the power of Naamam free them from the sufferings and helps them to

attain salvation quickly. Naamam destroys the paapam of anybody who

chants it irrespective of his status, family or any other man made

limitations. In fact it is said that Naamasankeerthanam destroys the

results of all bad as well as good deeds so that soul can attain

Paramaathma with out going through the cycle of birth and death.( Even

good kaamya karmaas -result oriented good karmaas- do not free us, It

leads to heaven or swarga and when the results are exhausted we are

born again. Nishkaama karmam do not bind us and with zero results to

be experienced, a soul attains salvation.)

 

Can we chant naamam mockingly? Poonthaanam says that even chanting

Naamam as a joke is better than not chanting at all. When we take a

medicine, even if we do not believe in the power of the medicine, an

appropriate medicine will cure one's ailment. When a baby touches a

burning flame, it burns it's hands irrespective of the baby's

ignorance about the heat of the flame. Same way, even if one chants

naamam with out devotion or sarcastically or without an attitude of

surrender, only good results will follow. The power of Naamam will

change his mind and make him a sincere devotee. Valmiki Maharshi was

only a forest dweller Ratnaakaran and just by chanting " Mara, Mara " or

" aa maram, ee maram " he became the greatest Rishi who gave us the

greatest Puranam, Raamaayanam. Ajamila was only calling his son by the

name Naarayana and Bhgavaan sent his assistants and rescued him from

the assistants of Yama.

 

Even listening to the naamam chanted by somebody is punyam. In

Bhagavatha, Bhaktha Prahalada says about nine types of Bhakthi and one

of them is Sravanam or hearing. Here Sravanam means not just hearing

or listening, it means experiencing the greatness of God through

hearing or listening. We listen to Sapthaaha reading of Bhagavatham,

Raamyanam, Naaraayaneeyam etc by great scholarly devotees. King

Parikshith attained salvation by listening to the Bhagavatha

Sapthaaham by Suka Maharshi.

 

There is no need to have any special qualifications to chant naamam.

Anybody can do it any time. The result is " kaivalya chathushtayam-

saalokyam, saameepyam, saaroopyam, saayujyam " or four types of

salvation namely live in the same world as Bhagavaan, live near Him,

resemble Bhagavaan in form, salvation or union  with Bhagavaan.

 

Jihwe Sreekrishna manthram japa japa

Sathatham janmasaaphalya manthram.

 

Let the janma saaphalya manthram or Sreekrishna manthram always remain

on our toingue!

 

To establish the authenticity of the power of Naama Sankeerthanam,

Poonthaanam assures us that Jeevan Mukthaas like Vedavyaasa Maharshi

and Sreedharracharyar also sated the same truth that

Naamasankeerthanam is the best way to attain salvation in Kaliyuga.

 

Let us chant divine names of Bhagavaan along with Shri Poonthaanam and

millions of devotees around the world:

 

Krishna! Krishna! Mukunda! Janaardana!

Krishna! Govinda! Naaraayana! Hare!

Achyuthaananda! Govinnda! Maadhava!

Sachidaananda! Naaraayana! Hare!

 

Samasthaaparaadham kshamaswa

 

Sreekrishnaarpanamasthu

 

Regards and prayers

 

savitri