Bhajana-Rahasya
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya | 2010 | 123,965 words
The Bhajana-rahasya Text 31, English translation, including commentary (vritti). The Bhajana-rahasya is a compilation of verses describing the mercy of the eight pairs of names (Yugala-nama) of the Maha-mantra. This is text 31 belonging to the chapter “Prathama-yama-sadhana (Nishanta-bhajana–shraddha)” representing the last six dandas of the night: approximately 3.30 a.m.–6.00 a.m.
Text 31
Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.103) states:
अचिराद् एव सर्वार्थः सिद्धत्य् एषाम् अभीप्सितः
सद्-धर्मस्यावबोधाय येषां निर्बन्धिनी मतिःacirād eva sarvārthaḥ siddhaty eṣām abhīpsitaḥ
sad-dharmasyāvabodhāya yeṣāṃ nirbandhinī matiḥThe holy name is the bestower of all perfection, and those who continuously chant harināma with such firm faith and conviction quickly obtain the fruit of prema.
निर्बन्धिनी-मति-सह कृष्ण-नाम करे
अति-शीघ्र प्रेम-फल सेइ नामे धरेnirbandhinī-mati-saha kṛṣṇa-nāma kare
ati-śīghra prema-phala sei nāme dhare
Commentary: Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti:
One who has a firm desire in his heart to know true dharma will very quickly have his inner desire fulfilled. The perfection and inner desire of devotees is to attain the service of Govinda’s lotus feet. This service is realised by affectionately completing one’s chanting of a fixed amount of holy names. By this, prema will be incited in the heart of the sādhaka by the mercy of Nāma Prabhu.
Day and night, nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting three lakhas of harināma with determination. His vow was:
खण्ड-खण्ड है देह याय यदि प्राण
तबु आमि वदने ना छाडि हरिनामkhaṇḍa-khaṇḍa hai deha yāya yadi prāṇa
tabu āmi vadane nā chāḍi harināmaŚrī Caitanya-bhāgavata (Ādi-khaṇḍa 16.94)
Even if my body is cut to pieces and my life air exits, I will never abandon the chanting of harināma.