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Title: 02 Shruti - Shri Chaitanya
Upanishad - Atharva Veda
User: Swami Gaurangapada Date: 2006-07-10 17:00:15
Shri Chaitanya Upanishad
- Atharva Veda
In the Shri Chaitanya
Upanishad—Atharva Veda
(11-14), the maha-mantra is glorified:
(11) sa eva mula-mantram
japati, harir iti krishna iti rama iti.
“The Supreme
Lord (who will appear in Kali-yuga as Lord Gauranga) will chant a mantra
consisting of His own names Hari, Krishna, and Rama (i.e. the maha-mantra: Hare
Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama
Hare Hare).
(12) harati
hridaya-granthim vasana-rupam iti harih. krishih smarane tac ca nas tad-ubhaya-melanam iti krishnah. ramayati
sarvam iti rama ananda-rupah. atra sloko bhavati.
“These three
seed names of the maha-mantra of the Supreme Lord (Hari, Krishna, and Rama) may
be explained in the following way: {1} ‘Hari’ means He who
removes (harati) the knot of material desire in the hearts of the living entities; {2} ‘Krishna’ is composed
of the two syllables ‘krish’ and ‘na’.
'Krish' means He who attracts the minds of all living entities, and
‘na’ means the supreme transcendental pleasure; and {3}
‘Rama’ means He who is the personification of all
transcendental bliss.
(13) mantro guhyah paramo bhakti-vedyah.
“The
maha-mantra is the topmost and most confidential of all mantras. It can only be
understood when one engages in the pure devotional service of the Supreme Lord.
(14) namany ashtav-ashta
ca sobhanani, tani nityam ye japanti
dhiras. te vai mayam atitaranti, 'nanyah paramam-mantram parama-rahasyam nityam
avartayati.
“Those who
seriously desire to make progress in spiritual life should continually chant
these sixteen beautiful names (maha-mantra) of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and in this way they will cross beyond the bondage of the illusory
enery in this material world. There is no other mantra which is as powerful as
this supremely great and most confidential of all mantras, which has directly
descended from the spiritual world.”