The Divine Name - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

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Bhagavata it is said, "I bow down to the Primeval Purush known as'Krishna." 597 Sri Sukadev tells Parikshit thus, "Know Him to be Krishna,Who is the Soul of all souls, and Who, for the welfare of all, i.e., toattract the minds of all towards Himself wherein lies their eternalwelfare, manifests Himself as a Human Being out of sheerkindness." 598 His Pastimes like a Human Being are solely due to His beingunder the influence of His Kindness. Suta says, "O Krishna, OKrishnasakha, i.e., the Friend of Arjun! O the most excellent among theVrishnis! O the Destroyer of spiteful Kings! O Ye of undiminishing prowess!O Govinda, i.e., Controller of all the sense-organs! You WhoseGlory is ever being sung by Your servants like Narada andmultitudes of Gopis! O Ye Who are auspicious to the ears! Protectus by instilling in us selfless devotion to You." 599Gauranga - The Namavatar of KrishnaIn this Sloka 'Krishnavarnam tvishakrishnam' 600 the Kali Yugavatar,after the descent of Svayam Bhagavan Sri Krishna, is referred to as "Whois 'Akrishna', i.e., is fair and yellowish in colour. Wise people adore thesplendour of His complexion as in 'Asan Varnastrayo hyasya, etc.'." In thisSloka after describing the three colours of His Complexion for the three597 puruṣam ṛṣabham ādyaṁ kṛṣṇa-saṁjñaṁ nato’smi(śrī-brahma-saṁhitā 5.1; śrī-jīva-gosvāmi-ṭīkā)598 kṛṣṇam enam avehi tvam ātmānam akhilātmanāmjagad-dhitāya so 'py atra dehīvābhāti māyayā(śrīmad-bhāgavata 10.14.55)599 śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-sakha vṛṣṇy-ṛṣabhāvani-dhrugrājanya-vaṁśa-dahanānapavarga-vīryagovinda gopa-vanitā-vraja-bhṛtya-gītatīrtha-śravaḥ śravaṇa-maṅgala pāhi bhṛtyān(śrīmad-bhāgavata 12.11.25)600 kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadamyajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ(śrīmad-bhāgavata 11.5.32)śrī-kṛṣṇāvatārānantara-kali-yugāvatāraṁ pūrvavad āha—kṛṣṇeti | tviṣākāntyā yo’kṛṣṇo gauras taṁ sumedhaso yajanti | gauratvaṁ cāsya,āsan varṇās trayo hy asya gṛhṇato’nuyugaṁ tanuḥśuklo raktas tathā pīta idānīṁ kṛṣṇatāṁ gataḥ(śrīmad-bhāgavata 10.8.13)ity atra vāri-śeṣya-pramāṇa-labdham idānīm eva tad-avatārapadatvenābhikhyātedvāpare kṛṣṇatāṅgata ity ukteḥ, śukla-raktayoḥ satya-tretāgatatvenadarśitatvāc ca | atītasyātītatvaṁ prācīnāvatārāpekṣayā atra śrīkṛṣṇasyaparipūrṇa-rūpatvena vakṣyamāṇatvād yugāvatāratvaṁ tasmin sarve’pyavatārā antar-bhūtā iti tat-tat-prayojanaṁ tasminn ekasminn eva sidhyatītyapekṣayā tad evaṁ yad dvāpare śrī-kṛṣṇo’vatarati tadaiva kalau śrī-gauro’pyavataratīti svārasya-labdhaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇāvirbhāva-viśeṣa evāyaṁ gaura ity āyāti,tad-avyabhicārāt |298
Yugas, the colour of the residuary Yuga, viz., of Dvapar adopted by Him isdescribed as' Krishna' - heavenly blue hue. Because the Satya and TretaYugas had already elapsed, the 'Pitavarna' of the Descent refers to thealready past Avatar. Here it is said that Sri Krishna is the FullestManifestation, i.e., Svayam Bhagavan, 551 all the other Avatars are mergedor included in Him and all the functions of the Yugavataras will beaccomplished by Him only. He, Who descends as Svayam BhagavanSri Krishna in Dvapar, will certainly descend as 'Gaur' in thefollowing Kali Yuga, indicating thereby that the 'Gaur' Avatar isthe special Descent of Sri Krishna Himself possessing a naturalexcellence and elegance. This Descent of 'Gaur' is described by SriVyasadev with unfailing accuracy with His Own Epithets like'Krishnavarnam', etc., i.e., One in Whose Name the two syllables 'Kri-shna'exist as the Name 'Sri Krishna Chaitanya' discloses His Krishnatva(Svayam Bhagavattva) of Which the twin syllables 'Krishna' connectedtad etad āvirbhāvatvaṁ tasya svayam eva viśeṣaṇa-dvārā vyanakti—kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ kṛṣṇety etau varṇau ca yatra yasmin śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devanāmnikṛṣṇatvābhivyañjakaṁ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-yugalaṁ prayuktam astīty arthaḥ |tṛtīye śrīmad-uddhava-vākye samāhṛtā ity ādi padye śriyaḥ savarṇena [bhā.pu.3.3.3] ity atra ṭīkāyāṁ, śriyo rukmiṇyāḥ samāna-varṇa-dvayaṁ vācakaṁ yasyasa śriyaḥ sa-varṇo rukmī ity api dṛśyate |yad vā, kṛṣṇaṁ varṇayati tādṛśa-sva-paramānanda-vilāsa-smaraṇollāsavaśatayāsvayaṁ gāyati, parama-kāruṇikatayā ca sarvebhyo’pi lokebhyas tamevopadiśati yas tam | athavā, svayam akṛṣṇaṁ gauraṁ tviṣā sva-śobhayāviśeṣeṇaiva kṛṣṇopadeṣṭāraṁ ca yad-darśanenaiva sarveṣāṁ kṛṣṇaḥ sphuratītyarthaḥ | kiṁ vā, sarva-loka-draṣṭāraṁ kṛṣṇaṁ gauram api bhakta-viśeṣa-dṛṣṭautviṣā prakāśa-viśeṣeṇa kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tādṛśa-śyāmasundaram eva santam ityarthaḥ | tasmāt tasmin śrī-kṛṣṇa-rūpasyaiva prakāśāt tasyaivāvirbhāva-viśeṣaḥ saiti bhāvaḥ |tasya bhagavattvam eva spaṣṭayati—sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam aṅgānyeva parama-manoharatvāt, upāṅgāni bhūṣaṇādīni mahāprabhāvatvāt, tānyevāstrāṇi sarvadaivaikānta-vāsitvāt, tāny eva pārṣadāḥ bahubhir mahānubhāvairasakṛd eva tathā dṛṣṭo’sāv iti gauḍa-varendra-suhmotkalādi-deśīyānāṁ mahāprasiddheḥ| yad vā, atyanta-premāspadatvāt tat-tulyā eva pārṣadāḥ śrīmadadvaitācārya-mahānubhāva-caraṇa-prabhṛtayastaiḥ saha vartamānam iticārthāntareṇa vyaktam |tad evaṁ-bhūtaṁ kair yajanti ? yajñaiḥ pūjā-sambhāraiḥ, na yatra yajñeśamakhamahotsavāḥ (śrīmad-bhāgavata 5.19.24) ity ukteḥ | tatra ca viśeṣeṇa tamevābhidheyaṁ vyanakti—saṅkīrtanaṁ bahubhir militvā tad-gāna-sukhaṁ śrīkṛṣṇa-gānaṁtat-pradhaṇaiḥ | tathā saṅkīrtana-prādhānyasya tad-āśriteṣv evadarśanāt, sa evātrābhidheya iti spaṣṭam | ata eva sahasra-nāmni tad-avatārasūcakānināmāni kathitāni, suvarṇa-varṇo hemāṅgo varāṅgaś candanāṅgadī |sannyāsa-kṛc chamaḥ śāntaḥ ity ādīni darśitaṁ ca | etat parama-vidvacchiromaṇināśrī-sārvabhauma-bhaṭṭācāryeṇakālān naṣṭa bhakti-yogaṁ nijaṁ yaḥprāduṣkartuṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmāāvirbhūtas tasya pādāravindegāḍhaṁ gāḍhaṁ līyatāṁ citta-bhṛṅgaḥ(krama-sandarbhaḥ)299
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THE DIVINE NAMEbyRaghava Chaitanya
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SCRIPTURES - THE SOUND AUTHORITY...
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DASYA..............................
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śrī śrī gaura-nityānandau jaya
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PREFACESri Krishna is ever dallying
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Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Gosvami
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Sri Sri Gauranga Radha Vinoda Bihar
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Divine Name - The sole remedy for a
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inventions, are the achievements of
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Divine Name - The Elixir of LifeThe
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Divine Name - Beyond human concepti
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NAMACHARYA SRI HARIDAS THAKURHis ad
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the excellent virtues. Even the wor
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number the same night and fulfil he
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from different parts often visited
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submissive listeners. An aspirant,
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too agreed with the same sentiments
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Name. The Holy Name is not a mere c
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"Let the Holy Name of Sri Hari the
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on the power of a vociferous dispos
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They fret and fume. They make a viv
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enlightened, come to grief like one
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mentioned in the Sastras, Bhakti or
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deed undoubtedly is a severe and in
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Thakur and MayadeviOnce, sitting in
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Sri Krishna - The Darling Lord of m
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authority. Srimad Bhagavata, the ep
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souls who are numerically infinite.
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most favourite of all the devotees
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where Sri Krishna - our Soul - with
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"My Real and Eternal Form which is
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Sri Krishna - His Lila MadhuryaHe i
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her husband. She is slave, equal, a
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To speak on the glories of this enc
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qualifications described above. The
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endered insignificant by the growin
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"Let me have hundreds of millions e
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about objects lying within the insp
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scholar in all the ultimate lore of
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The act of submissionSaranagati or
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Kshatriya, is debarred from being a
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protectors. It is on your account a
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occasional duties, but they adopt t
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performances of religious sacrifice
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That striver who has given up all h
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ings him a downfall from the spirit
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Self-dedication to the LordAll the
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at every moment subject to, is a fa
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HARIDAS THAKUR AND THE KAZIFOR some
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Krishna. Haridas Thakur noticing th
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toys wire-pulled by a machine from
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sinful Kazi. He possessed an adaman
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whipping of those wicked ruffians,
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instinct for devotion to Bhagavan S
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perturbations manifested on his bod
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HARIDAS THAKUR AND THE SNAKE-CHARME
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ondage. By the sight of even those
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likely to be led away from his cher
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the Name 'Krishna' he heaved deep s
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one of the class that corresponds t
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of the entire scripture. It is a pi
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Is service of God a necessity?The s
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loving devotion to Him and incessan
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various reaction of their own actio
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Mahaprabhu assured him that He woul
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even once even a Chandal is deliver
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HARIDAS THAKUR AT PURIThakur - the
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studying the Vedas and you are pure
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Mahaprabhu's Sermon to Thakur and S
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Mahaprabhu, "Haridas! You are prett
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Thakur's SamadhiLoud Sankirtan rent
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The appearance of a devotee of the
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-"Bhagavan is always kind to people
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Mahaprabhu expounds the Divine Name
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perform this Sankirtan of the Name
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have been formed; the pictures refl
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Mahaprabhu's advice to householders
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1. śrī guru pāda āśrayaḥ Acc
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NINEFOLD DEVOTIONWHEN compared to t
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of hearing His Transcendental Glori
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towards the Lord like the unbroken
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energy till eternity." 182ArchanRit
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Thee - Sri Hari", is freed from all
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close embrace of the devotees, the
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noble birth, age, prosperity, etc.
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such as ‘Brahman, Paramatma, Bhag
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offences 210 that an aspirant is li
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they dig their own graves." 212 "Gu
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Sastras. 220 The Sastras are not th
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Sixth OffenceTaking all the efficac
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every moment he must be conscious o
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the contemptuous name of an object
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significance. "Does it need a speci
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Sublime Goal-Prem must necessarily
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and influences of Bhakti or devotio
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'submissive pursuit'. This pursuit
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like that of the stream of the Gang
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all beneficial for the attainment o
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intense devotion." 268 Bhakti is a
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ends of human life, are not at all
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their minds as well." 2826. Sri Kri
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devotional observances of the Vraja
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efore it actually dawns. Hence, the
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ath of the body, mind, and soul in
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to do as He pleases, as He is the S
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"Follow the Sastras like Srimad Bha
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Name, Attributes, and the sweetness
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dwellers of Vaikunth, untouched by
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Kirtan when it manifests on the ton
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the functions of other sense organs
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the opinion of wise men that His Na
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Nama-Sankirtan - Both a Means and a
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"How is it then that those who have
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of devotion stated above. And gladl
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power of vision, the resulting joy
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with lustrous red pearl-like Nails,
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Mystic powers of Sriman Nama"Sriman
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Radhika similarly hears the syllabl
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POTENTIALITIES OF NAMA-SANKIRTANA F
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destroy all the sins." 375 "For hum
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the Name of Sri Hari." 386 "All sin
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Subuddhi Roy explained the whole ma
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glorious Deeds, destroys all their
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