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loudly, through a low tone, or by contemplating in the mind, can be used in
singing His praise (kIrtana).
This Slokam emphasizes that these nAma-s are divine, and are sung in SrI
vaikunTham by the nitya sUri-s themselves. They are specifically selected as
sung by the Rshi-s (Rshibhih parigItAni – see the Introductory section). This
stotram is unlike any other stotram that we know of. It was first revealed in
Lord kRshNa's presence.
y #d< ïu[uyaiÆTy< yíaip pirkItRyet!,
nazuÉ< àaßuyat! ikiNct! sae=muÇeh c manv>. 2
ya idam SRNuyAt nityam yaScApi parikIrtayet |
nA'Subham prApnuyAt ki'ncit so'mutreha ca mAnavaH || (2)
In this Sloka, the qualifications for reciting the stotra, and the result from
recitation are declared in general terms. "Nothing inauspicious or unwelcome
will accrue to that man in this world or in the world beyond, when one hears
this daily or recites it".
SrI BhaTTar comments that he, who according to his qualification and ability,
hears it or meditates on it in his mind, will encounter nothing inauspicious in
this world, or hereafter. Note that the benefit is attained by chanting, as well
as by listening.
By the term 'hereafter (amutre ca)', lesser worlds than SrI vaikunTham, such
as svargam, brahma lokam etc. are meant. SrI Sa'nkara points the case of
yayAti and his father nahusha, both of whom ended up suffering after
reaching brahma lokam and indra lokam respectively, because they committed
sins against brAhmaNa-s after reaching these higher worlds. Such inauspicious
instances won't happen to those who chant or hear this divine stotram – yayAti
nahushAdivat aSubha prApti abhAvam.
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