Nama Article- 20-12-07

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Dear Members,

 

Which Special Nama?

 

Chanting the Lord's Name gives eternal bliss and

happiness. Now the question arises, 'There are so

many Gods and Godesses in my faith and each of them

has umpteen names! Which one should I pick and

choose?' Infact Yudishtira himself had this doubt and,

questions Bhishma in the prelude to Vishnu

Sahasranama,

 

" kim ekam daivatam lokE kimvApekam parAyaNam

stuvantam kam prApnuyu: mAnavA: subham

ko dharma sarvadharmAnAm bhavata: paramO matah:

kim japan muchyatE jantu: janma samsAra bandanAt

 

" Who is the greates Lord in the world? Who is the one

refuge for all? By extolling whom can one reach

happiness and prosperity? Which is the faith that is

the best of all the religions? By chanting whose Name

can the beings cross the sea of Samsara? "

 

And Bhishmacharya answers,

 

jagat prabhum dEvadEvam anantam purushOttamam|

stuvan nAma sahasrENa purusha: sathatothitha:

 

" The endless Supreme Powerful Being, and protector of

all - Sri Vishnu --

By singing his Names, man attains prosperity and

happiness. "

 

Thus speaks Vishnu Sahasranama. However, given the

current busy day, where one finds it difficult to even

sing a thousand names, we are forced to turn to our

scriptures for an easier way.

 

The Upanishads are considered to be the Knowledge

portion of the Vedas. One such upanishad, " Kali

Santarana Upanishad " resolves this predicament of

ours!

 

The following conversation between Sri Narada

Maharishi and Lord Brahma is found in Kali Santarana

Upanishad.

 

At the end of Dwapara Yuga, Narada, after traveling

around the world, approached Lord Brahma and asked

him, “How may I overcome (the evil effects of) Kali

Yuga?”

 

Lord Brahma said: “You have asked me an excellent

question. I shall reveal to you the secret of all the

Vedas by which you will cross over the ‘samsara’

(ocean of life) filled with the bad effects of the

Kali Yuga. This secret must be preserved and

protected.”

 

“Bhagavata Adipurushasya nArAyaNasya

nAmoccAraNamAtreNa nirdhrtakalir bhavati |

nAradah punah papraccha tannAma kimiti,”

 

Said Lord Brahma, 'By merely uttering the names of the

Primeval ‘Purusha’, who is Bhagavan Narayana, one is

freed from the clutches of Kali. "

 

Narada asked further, “sa hovaca hiranyagarbhah” |

What are those names of Narayana? "

 

“HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE |

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE”

 

iti shodashakam nAmnAm kalikalmashanAshanam |

natah parataropAyah sarvavedeshu drushyate ||

 

Lord Brahma said, “This collection of the sixteen

Names (of Narayana) destroys the evils of the Kali

Yuga. I don't see any other effective means (of

liberation) in the Vedas.

 

Narada further clarifies for the sake of us, ‘O Lord,

what are the rules to be observed with reference to it

? "

 

Brahma replied that there were no rules for it.

Whoever in a pure or an impure state, utters these

always, attains the same world of, or proximity with,

or the same form of, or absorption into the divine.

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji says that though all Names

of God are divine and have the power to deliver us

from the evils of this age, this particular Maha

Mantra is prescribed in the Shastras and has been

chanted, followed, preached and lived for by great

Mahans like Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and ascertains

so, " Wherever Maha Mantra Nama kirtan is performed,

the cosmic changes there. Waves of the Lord’s Presence

exist there. There will be peace in that home. All

auspicious happenings will take place! "

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

Regards

 

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Spirituality, Mental peace or problems in life or

about dharma, please write to us by clicking here:

http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/askquestion.php

 

His Holiness Sri Sri Swamiji personally answers these

questions for you and suggests prayers.

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