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Ten verses in prayer for a dwelling near Śrī Govardhana
By Śrīmad Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmīpāda
Read on →: Śrī Śrī Govardhana-vāsa-prārthanā-daśakam
Eight verses in praise of Śrī Govardhana
By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda
Read on →: Śrī Śrī Govardhanāṣṭakam (1)
prabhu kahe—ihā haite yāha vṛndāvana |
nirantara kara kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana ||
eka nāmābhāse tomāra pāpa-doṣa yābe |
āra nāma haite kṛṣṇa-caraṇa pāibe ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.198–199)
“Prabhu said [to Subuddhi Rāya], ‘Go from here to Vṛndāvana, and always engage in saṅkīrtana of Kṛṣṇa’s name. By one [instance of] nāmābhāsa, the plight of your pāpa will go away, and through the name you will attain Kṛṣṇa’s feet.’”
Read on →: prabhu kahe—ihā haite yāha vṛndāvana
para-vakra-gatañ cāpi viṣṇor nāma śrutaṁ mayā |
kṛta-dveṣasya viprāṇāṁ pratyakṣo’bhavad acyutaḥ ||
(Varāha Purāṇa: 37.33)
[Upon being liberated from the body of a tiger he received as a result of being cursed by brāhmaṇas for disrespecting them, Mahārāja Dīrghabāhu marvels at how he receives such fortune just by hearing the name Nārāyaṇa recited by a brāhmaṇa whom he (in the form of a tiger) was in the process of attacking as the brāhmaṇa was bathing in a river:] “And even though Viṣṇu’s name has [only] been heard by me from another’s mouth [i.e., even though I myself did not even chant Viṣṇu’s name], Acyuta has appeared before my eyes, I who have committed malice towards brāhmaṇas.”
Read on →: para-vakra-gatañ cāpi viṣṇor nāma śrutaṁ mayā
sarveṣām apy aghavatām idam eva suniṣkṛtam |
nāma-vyāharaṇaṁ viṣṇor yatas tad-viṣayā matiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.2.10)
“This utterance of the name of Viṣṇu is the best means of atonement even for all [types of] sinners because one [i.e., anyone who utters his name] becomes an object of his attention.”
Read on →: sarveṣām apy aghavatām idam eva suniṣkṛtam
nāmāparādha-yuktānāṁ nāmāny eva haranty agham |
aviśrānti-prayuktāni tāny evārthakarāṇi ca ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 3.48.23 or 4.25.23; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.526; Bhakti Sandarbha: 265)
“The names [of Hari] certainly destroy the sins of those who have committed offense to the name; uttered incessantly, they are certainly effective.”
Read on →: nāmāparādha-yuktānāṁ nāmāny eva haranty agham