राम
Abhanga 279The Power of the Name

The Power of God's Name

English Translation · I.P. 279

THE utterance of his name brings no liberation; such is the teaching of some. Wicked indeed are their words; we should tfurn a deaf ear to them. Those who kept his name within their minds have attained to him. Foolish men have died groping in darkness, chattering nonsense as they died. They who censure the nine rites of worship, they are born to be reproved, they are like swine that have entered the world. Why should I repeat this time after time ? The vile do not remember it. Merely because he recited this name, a child was hidden in the sea of milk. For his own name’s sake he chased the demon Sankha; he tore his entrails open and took. out the four scriptures. It is well known in the world that through his name Ganika was saved. Others too were rescued, guilty and sinful wretches. This at least has been loudly proclaimed, that his mind was in Prahlada’s mind. He saves men in danger from lire and water; poison has no power over them. Why should I display, says Tuka, by such examples the glory of his name? Those who denounce it go down to hell.

Tr. J. Nelson Fraser & K.B. Marathe (1909)

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The Power of the Name

The supremacy of nama-smarana: God's name as the highest practice.

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