Kirtan Guide
Daśa-vidha Nāmāparādha
- hari-nāma mahāmantra sarva-mantra-sāra
- yā̐dera karuṇā-bale jagate prachāra
- sei nāma-parāyaṇa sādhu, mahājana
- tā̐hādera nindā nā kariha kadāchana
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The Hari-nām mahāmantra is the best of all mantras and is distributed throughout the world by the mercy of the sādhus devoted to the Name. Never criticise such great souls.
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- vrajendra-nandana kṛṣṇa sarveśvareśvara
- maheśvara ādi tā̐ra sevana-tatpara
- nāma chintāmaṇi kṛṣṇa-chaitanya-svarūpa
- bheda-jñāna nā karibe līlā-guṇa-rūpa
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Vrajendra Nandan Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of all Lords. Śiva and all other gods are dedicated to His service. The Name is a wish-fulfilling jewel and a spiritual form of Kṛṣṇa Himself. Do not consider Kṛṣṇa’s Name to be distinct from His Form, Qualities, or Pastimes.
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- “guru kṛṣṇa-rūpa hana śāstrera pramāṇe
- guru-rūpe kṛṣṇa kṛpā kare bhāgyavāne”
- se gurute martya-buddhi avajñādi tyaji
- iṣṭa-lābha kara, nirantara nāma bhaji
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“The scriptures confirm that Guru is a form of Kṛṣṇa (SB: 11.17.27). In the form of Guru, Kṛṣṇa bestows His mercy upon the fortunate.” Give up the conception that Guru is a mortal, and all other types of disrespect, and attain your cherished goal: serving the Name eternally.
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- śruti, śruti-mātā-saha sātvata purāṇa
- śrī-nāma-charaṇa-padma kare nīrājana
- sei śruti-śāstra yebā karaye nindana
- se aparadhīra saṅga karibe varjana
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The Vedas, their mother, Gāyatrī, and Śrīmad Bhāgavatam worship the Holy Name’s lotus feet. Reject the association of any offender who criticises these scriptures.
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- nāmera mahimā sarva-śāstrete vākhāne
- atistuti, hena kabhu nā bhāviha mane
- agastya, ananta, brahmā, śivādi satata
- ye nāma-mahimā-gāthā saṅkīrtana-rata
- se nāma-mahimā-sindhu ke pāibe pāra?
- atistuti bale yei—sei durāchāra
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The Name’s glories are proclaimed in all the scriptures. Never consider such glorification to be exaggerated praise. Agastya, Ananta, Brahmā, Śiva, and so on are always devoted to chanting the Name’s glories. Who can cross the ocean of those glories? Anyone who considers them exaggerated praise is wicked.
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- kṛṣṇa-nāmāvali nitya golokera dhana
- kalpita, prākṛta, bhāve—aparādhi-jana
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Kṛṣṇa’s Names are the eternal wealth of Goloka. Anyone who considers Them imaginary or mundane is an offender.
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- nāme sarva-pāpa-kṣaya sarva-śāstre kaya
- sārā-dina pāpa kari sei bharasāya—
- emata durbuddhi yāra sei aparādhī
- māyā-pravañchita, duḥkha bhuñje niravadhi
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All the scriptures declare that the Name destroys all sin. The wicked who sin all day long in expectation of this are offenders. They are deluded by māyā and suffer perpetually.
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- atulya śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma pūrṇa-rasa-nidhi
- tā̐ra sama nā bhāviha śubha-karma ādi
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Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s incomparable Name is a brimming reservoir of rasa. Chanting the Name should never be considered equal to pious worldly action (such as adhering to vows, practising renunciation, performing austerities, making sacrificial offerings, and so on).
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- nāme śraddhā-hina-jana—vidhātā vāñchita
- tāre nāma dāne aparādha suniśchita
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Those who have no faith in the Name have been deceived by Providence. To give the Name to them is certainly an offence.
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- śuniyāo kṛṣṇa-nāma-māhātmya apāra
- ye prīti-rahita, sei narādhama chhāra
- ahaṁtā mamatā yāra antare bāhire
- śuddha kṛṣṇa-nāma tāra kabhu nāhi sphure
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Those who remain devoid of love for Kṛṣṇa’s Name even after hearing His boundless glories are deplorable, fallen souls. The pure Name of Kṛṣṇa never reveals Himself to those who are internally and externally ridden with egotism and possessiveness.
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- ei daśa aparādha kariyā varjjana
- ye sujana kare harināma saṅkīrtana
- apūrva śrī-kṛṣṇa-prema labhya tāre haya
- nāma-prabhu tāra hṛde nitya vilasaya
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Great souls who avoid these ten offences and engage in Hari-nām-saṅkīrtan attain unprecedented Śrī Kṛṣṇa-prema. The Name Himself plays within their hearts eternally.