Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol V-Rr-edit.pub - Ahobilavalli

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SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives support from SrImad bhAgavatam:
nAma sa'nkIrtanam yasya sarva pApa praNASanam |
praNAmo duHkha SamanaH tam namAmi harim param ||
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(bhAga. 12.13.23)
"My prostrations to Lord SrI Hari Whose nAma sa'nkIrtanam leads to the
eradication of all sins, and by worshipping Whom all sorrows are weakened".
This is the last Slokam of SrImad bhAgavatam, and can be considered the
summarizing Slokam of SrImad bhAgavtam by SrI sUta muNi.
SrI cinmayAnanda summarizes the purport of the nAma in the following words:
"Meditating upon Whom all vAsanA-s (sins) are liquidated. When an individual,
surrendering in love to Him, acts and fulfills his duties, all his existing vAsanAs
are destroyed, and no new ones are created. This is the very root in the
theory of karma yoga in the veda-s. Through meditation upon the Self, all sins
are dissolved and totally removed".
In one of his alternate interpretations, SrI satya sandha tIrtha looks at the
nAma as pApanAH + aSnAti – pApam nayati iti pApanAH daityAH, tAn aSnAti
iti pApaNASanaH. The asura-s are called pApanAH because they lead in
committing sins, and bhagavAn 'eats away' or destroys these asura-s, and so
He is called pApanASanaH.
SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN also includes the above thought in one of his
alternative interpretations – pavitraiH caritaiH SrotRRNAm nikhila karmya
rUpam pApam vivartayan, asurAnAmapi nihatAn Atma vidyAm nivartya muktim
tebhyo yacchat pApanASanaH – He is called pApa nASanaH because He
removes the sins of those who hear the stories of His leelA-s; He is calo called
pApa nASanaH because He destroys the asura-s, and in the process, even for
them He removes their sins by redeeming the knowledge about the Self and
gets them to moksha.