The Divine Name - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

very Life behind all the senses like eyes, ears, etc. Thou art the SelfevidentKnowledge. Thou art Its Exponent Sri Krishna DvaipayanVedavyas. Thou art the Source of all the Sastras and hence, the wiseaddress Thee as the Sastra-Yoni. Thou art the Propounder of scriptures,the veritable Nigama that speaks of both Pravritti (path of attachment toworldliness) and Nivritti (path of renunciation from worldly pleasures). Weoffer our prostrations to Thee again and again." 226Fifth OffenceTo be under the impression that the whole Glory of the Divine Nameexplained in the Sastras is merely an exaggeration far from the realfacts. 227 "Knowers of the truth of this mundane world, such as Manu. etc.,are not Mahajans or saints in the spiritual spheres. Their intellect is badlybewildered by the influence of Maha Maya. The honeyed flowery words ofthe three Vedas have benumbed their mentality to such a pitch that it isgreatly entangled in the shackles of fruitive actions. They are of opinionthat the praises on the efficacy of the Holy Name are simply hyperbolic." 228"Greatly confused and distracted by the flowery words of the Vedaswithout understanding their hidden meaning, the proud and the greedy donot find any relish in My Topics." 229 "O King! Just as a pot polluted by thebad smell of wine is not purified even by the efforts of all the rivers puttogether, even so, the various expiations mentioned in the Sastras relatingto fruitive works, however great or powerful they may be, cannot purify afallen soul averse to Sri Narayana." 230 "O Supreme Being! The Lord of mysoul! Practice of complete silence, observance of vows, hearing of thescriptures, asceticism, study of the Vedas, practice of daily duties,exposition of the Vedic aphorisms, solitary life, muttering of Mantras anddeep absorption in meditation - all these practices of attaining liberationare very often employed as the means of livelihood by those, who are theslaves of their senses, but for arrogant persons it is extremely doubtfulwhether these will be of any use or not." 231226 namaḥ pramāṇa-mūlāya kavaye śāstra-yonayepravṛttāya nivṛttāya nigamāya namo namaḥ(śrīmad-bhāgavata 10.16.44)227 hari nāma mahimni artha vādamātra me taditi mananam228 prāyeṇa veda tad idaṁ na mahājano 'yaṁdevyā vimohita-matir bata māyayālamtrayyāṁ jaḍī-kṛta-matir madhu-puṣpitāyāṁvaitānike mahati karmaṇi yujyamānaḥ(śrīmad-bhāgavata 6.3.25)229 evaṁ puṣpitayā vācā vyākṣipta-manasāṁ nṛṇāmmānināṁ cāti-lubdhānāṁ mad-vārtāpi na rocate(śrīmad-bhāgavata 11.21.34)230 prāyaścittāni cīrṇāni nārāyaṇa-parāṅmukhamna niṣpunanti rājendra surā-kumbham ivāpagāḥ(śrīmad-bhāgavata 6.1.18)178