Devotees Vaishnavas: The Glories of the Holy Names

miércoles, 17 de marzo de 2010

The Glories of the Holy Names

The Glories of the Holy Names

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Text 1

atha mähätmyam

iti shri-rädhikä-nätha-

sahasra-näma-kirtanam

smaranät päpa-räshinäm

khandanam mrityu-näshanam

Thus I have spoken the thousand names of Shri Rädhä's master. By remembering these names one breaks into pieces many multitudes of sins. In this way one kills death.

Texts 2-4

vaishnavänäm priya-karam

mahä-roga-niväranam

brahma-hatyä-surä-pänam

para-stri-gamanam tathä

para-dravyapäharanam

para-dvesha-samanvitam

mänasam vächikam käyam

yat-päpam päpa-sambhavam

sahasra-näma-pathanät

sarvam nashyati tat-kshanät

mahä-däridrya-yukto yo

vaishnavo vishnu-bhaktimän

These names delight the Vaishnavas and cure the greatest diseases. When one chants these thousand names his sins of killing brähmanas, drinking wine, adultery, theft, hating others, and all other sins performed with the body, mind, and words, are at once destroyed. By chanting these names one becomes free of great poverty. One becomes a Vaishnava, devoted to Lord Vishnu.

Texts 5 and 6

kärttikyäm sampathed rätrau

shatam ashtottaram kramät

pitämbara-dharo dhimän

sugandhi-pushpa-chandanaih

pustakam pujayitvä tu

naivedyädibhir eva cha

rädhä-dhyänänkito dhiro

vana-mälä-vibhushitah

During an evening in the month of Kärttika a wise devotee of Lord Krishna should chant these names 108 times. With fragrant flowers, sandal paste, foods, and other offerings he should worship the book of these names. He should meditate on Shri Shri Rädhä-Krishna. He should meditate on the Lord decorated with a garland of forest flowers.

Text 7

shatam ashtottaram devi

pathen näma-sahasrakam

chaitra-shukle cha krishne cha

kuhu-sankränti-väsare

On the Kuhü-sankränti day of the bright and dark fortnights of the month of Chaitra (March-April) one should chant these thousand names 108 times.

Text 8

pathitavyam prayatnena

trailokyam mohayet kshanät

tulasi-mälayä yukto

vaishnavo bhakti-tat-parah

With great devotion one should offer Lord Vishnu a tulasi garland and should carefully chant these thousand names. In this way one brings the three worlds under his control.

Texts 9-12

ravi-väre cha shukle cha

dvädashyäm shräddha-väsare

brähmanam pujayitvä cha

bhojayitvä vidhänatah

pathen näma-sahasram cha

tatah siddhih prajäyate

mahä-nishäyäm satatam

vaishnavo yah pathet sadä

deshäntara-gatä lakshmih

samäyäti na samshayah

trailokye cha mahä-devi

sundaryah käma-mohitäh

mugdhäh svayam samäyänti

vaishnavam cha bhajanti tah

rogi rogät pramuchyeta

baddho muchyeta bandhanät

On a Sunday, a bright fortnight, dvädashi, and the shräddha-väsara day one should worship the brähmanas, offer them a feast, and then one should chant these thousand names. In that way one attains perfection. A Vaishnava who regularly chants these names late at night finds that the goddess of fortune comes to his home from far away. Of this there is no doubt. O great goddess, Bewildered with desire, the most beautiful girls in the three worlds voluntarily come and worship him. If he is diseased he becomes free of his disease. If he is imprisoned, he becomes free from prison.

Text 13

gurvini janayet putram

kanyä vindati sat-patim

räjäno vashyatäm yänti

kim punah kshudra-mänaväh

His saintly wife will bear him a son. His daughter will find a good husband. Great kings will become his submissive servants. How much more so will ordinary people serve him?

Text 14

sahasra-näma-shravanät

pathanät pujanät priye

dhäranät sarvam äpnoti

vaishnavo nätra samshayah

O beloved, by hearing, chanting, worshiping, and remembering these thousand holy names a Vaishnava attains everything. Of this there is no doubt.

Texts 15 and 16

vamshivate cänya-vate

tathä pippalake 'thavä

kadamba-päda-patale

gopäla-murti-sannidhau

yah pathed vaishnavo nityam

sa yäti hari-mandiram

krishnenoktam rädhikäyai

mayi proktam purä shive

A Vaishnava who regularly chants these holy names at Vamshivata, under another vata tree, under a pippala tree, under a kadamba tree, or in the presence of the Deity of Lord Gopäla, goes to the transcendental world of Lord Hari. O auspicious one, Lord Krishna spoke these thousand names to Shri Rädhä, and they were also spoken to me.

Text 17

näradäya mayä proktam

näradena prakäshitam

mayä tvayi varärohe

proktam etat su-durlabham

I spoke them to Närada Muni, and then Närada Muni spoke them to others. O girl with the beautiful thighs, now I have spoken these very rare holy names to you.

Text 18

gopaniyam prayatnena

na prakäshyam kathanchana

shathäya päpine chaiva

lampatäya visheshatah

Please carefully keep them secret. Never reveal them to a dishonest person, a sinner, or a rake.

Text 19

na dätavyam na dätavyam

na dätavyam kadächana

deyam shishyäya shäntäya

vishnu-bhakti-ratäya cha

They should never be given to such persons. Never be given. Never be given. They should be given to a sincere disciple, a peaceful saint, or a devotee of Lord Vishnu.

Text 20

go-däna-brahma-yajnasya

väjapeya-shatasya cha

ashvamedha-sahasrasya

phalam päthe bhaved dhruvam

A person who chants these holy names attains the result of giving cows in charity, offering a brahma-yajna, a hundred väjapeya-yajnas, or a thousand ashvamedha-yajnas.

Text 21

mohanam stambhanam chaiva

maranocchätanädikam

yad yad vänchati chittena

tat tat präpnoti vaishnavah

A Vaishnava who chants these holy names attains the wishes of his heart. If he wishes to bewilder, stun, destroy, ruin, or in another way harm his enemy, he will attain his desire.

Texts 22 and 23

ekädashyäm narah snätvä

sugandhi-dravya-tailakaih

ähäram brähmane dattvä

dakshinäm svarna-bhushanam

tata ärambha-kartäsya

sarvam präpnoti mänavah

shatävrittam sahasram cha

yah pathed vaishnavo janah

A Vaishnava who on ekädashi bathes with fragrant oil, offers a brähmana food and dakshinä of golden ornaments, and then chants these thousand holy names one hundred times attains all his desires.

Text 24

shri-vrindävanachandrasya

prasädät sarvam äpnuyät

yad-grihe pustakam devi

pujitam chaiva tishthati

O goddess, a person who in his home worships the book of these thousand holy names attains everything by the mercy of Lord Vrindävanachandra.

Text 25

na märi na cha durbhiksham

nopasarga-bhayam kvachit

sarpädi-bhuta-yakshädyä

nashyanti nätra samshayah

He does not die. He is not afflicted with poverty. He need not be afraid. Snakes, ghosts, yakshas and others that may try to attack him will perish. Of this there is no doubt.

Text 26

shri-gopälo mahä-devi

vaset tasya grihe sadä

grihe yasya sahasram cha

nämnäm tishthati pujitam

O goddess, Lord Gopäla stays in the home of one who worships these thousand holy names.