Re: Meaning of second offense in chanting holy name
Originally Posted by
caitanya
sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam
dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah
Namaste,
Acc. to me, just my humble opinion : "shiva" here means all-auspicious as an adjective, not Lord Shiva. It is saying that Shri VishNu, His unlimited transcendental qualities (guN) and His Holy Names, are all auspicious. One who undermines the Holy Names, calls them mundane, their effect an exaggeration or different from The Lord Himself are commiting an offense to the Names - nAmaparAdh. Thus the devotee will not develop their bhakti-latA-beej (seed of creeper of devotion) into a beautiful latA (creeper of devotion) that breaks thru the material and reached the spiritual sky to the Lotus Feet of Lord VishNu.
That being said, IMHO worshippers of Shiva and VishNu each go different routes, see different sceneries, experience different things. Otherwise why would They bother to exist in two different forms ?
He nAth nArAyaNa vAsudeva
Murlimanohar he ShyAm Giridhar
namAmi KrushNam namAmi KrushNam
praNAm
|| Shri KRshNArpaNamastu ||
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