Thursday, March 20, 2008
Chanting of other songs and mantras
Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna!
Dandavats. Jaya Sri Guru Parampara!
In the Ananta Samhita we find the following statements:
varjayitva tu namaitad, durjanaih parikalpitam;
chandobaddham susiddhanta, viruddham nabhyaset padam.
One should never neglect or give up the chanting of this maha-mantra and take to other so-called purificatory processes which are invented by fools and miscreants. One should not engage even in chanting other metrical compostions of the names of God that are against the pure conclusions of the scriptures.
utshrjyaitan-maha-mantram, ye tvanyat kalpitam padam;
mahanameti gayanti, te sastra-guru langhanah.
Abandoning this maha-mantra, those who recite verses or poems or songs which have been manufactured through someone�s imagination, transgress the instructions of the scriptures and the bona-fide spiritual masters, even though the verses they are reciting may be full of the principal names of Lord Krishna.
tattva-virodha-sanpriktam, tadrisam daurjanam matam;
sarvatha pariharyam syadatma-hitarthina sada.
Those who are interested in their real self-interest, should never accept in any form whatsoever, these concocted mantras or verses which are against the philosophical conclusions of the scriptures and may contain subtle deviations from the Vedic knowledge.
hare krishna hare krishna, krishna krishna hare hare;
hare rama hare rama, rama rama hare hare.
Thus everyone should take full shelter and chant with great sincerity:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare;
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
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What about songs, containing principle names of the Lord that I�ve heard devotees singing in kirtana which are different from the maha-mantra but are considered as bonafide?
To name a few:
1. Hari Haraye Nama Krishna Yadavaya Namah
Gopala Govinda Rama Shri Madhusudhana
2. Jaya Radha Madhava Kunja Bihari
Gopijana Vallabha Girivaradhari
Yashoda nandana braja jana ranjana
Yamuna tira vana cari
3. Govinda Jaya Jaya Gopala Jaya Jaya
Radha Ramana Hari Govinda Jaya Jaya
4. Radhe Radhe Govinda Govinda Radhe
5. Shri Krishna Govinda Hare Murare
He Natha Narayana Vasudeva
(sung by Draupadi)
6. Vande Krishna Nanda Kumara
Nanda Kumara Madana Gopala
Madana Gopala Mohana Rupa
Jaya Jayadeva Hare
7. Jay Jay Radhe Jay Jay Shyam
Jay Jay Jay Vrindavan Dham
8. Radhe Radhe Radhe Jaya Jay Shri Radhe
Radharani ki jaya! Maharani ki jaya!
etc., etc.
Your servant: Sarvabhauma das
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