Antya 3.55

TEXT 55

TEXT

যদ্যপি অন্য সঙ্কেতে অন্য হয় নামাভাস ।
তথাপি নামের তেজ না হয় বিনাশ ॥ ৫৫ ॥

yadyapi anya saṅkete anya haya namabhasa

tathapi namera teja na haya vinasa

SYNONYMS

yadyapi-although; anya-another; saṅkete-by intimation; anya-that other; haya-is; nama-abhasa-almost equal to the holy name; tathapi-still; namera teja-the transcendental power of the holy name; na haya vinasa-is not destroyed.

TRANSLATION

Namacarya Haridasa Thakura, the authority on the chanting of the holy name, said, "The chanting of the Lord's holy name to indicate something other than the Lord is an instance of namabhasa. Even when the holy name is chanted in this way, its transcendental power is not destroyed.