Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.2.15

Involuntary Hari Chanting in Accidents Relieves Pain – Bhakti-Yoga Immediately Places One on Brahman

📅 September 18, 1975 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 30 min
Involuntary chanting of Hari's name immediately relieves pain and suffering in this perpetually dangerous material world.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.15 — September 18, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750918SB-VRNDAVAN [30:17 Minutes] SB-06.02.15_750918SB-VRNDAVAN Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, verse number fifteen.

[leads chanting of verse, etc.] [break] [01:32]

Prabhupāda: patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ harir ity avaśenāha pumān nārhati yātanāḥ [SB 6.2.15] patitaḥ skhalito bhagnaḥ sandaṣṭas tapta āhataḥ harir ity avaśenāha pumān nārhati yātanāḥ [SB 6.2.15] These are the..., some of the practical examples. There are persons who criticize chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Nāmnād artha-vāda. Because the glories of the holy name are described here, that one can become free from the sinful reaction of life simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, so sometimes those who are not in the line, they think, "It is too much.

It is too much." So the next verse, the... It is advised... Not it is too much. You can test it.

Test it. What is that test? Patita. When you fall down from a high place...

Suppose from the roof you may fall down, patitaṁ. Skhalita: you may slip and fall down. Bhagnaḥ: by falling down you may break your bones. Then sandaṣṭaḥ: you may be bitten by some animals—cats, dogs, a snake.

There are so many, domestic. Then tapta: you may be burned. And āhata: you may be injured from others. Then during this time you can test, practical.

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