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Hare Krsna Mantra \u2013 meaning of the mantra
\nMeaning as explained by Gopala Guru Gosvami, disciple of Svarupa Damodara of Puri:
\nThe word \u201chare\u201d:
\n hari harati papani dusta cittair api smrtah
\n anicchayapi samsprsto dahaty eva hi pavakah
\n vijnapya bhagavat tattvam cid ghanananda vigraham
\n haraty avidyam tat karyam ato harir iti smrtah
\n\u201cJust as the fire, on contacting an object, automatically burns it, so the name of Hari takes away (harati) or burns up all ht esins of the people with materialistic hearts. It removes (harati) all ignorance and reveals the transcendental, blissful form of the Lord. Also, \u2018hari\u2019 means that personality who attracts (harati) the minds of all the people in the universe when they hear stories of His transcendental qualities; or, He who attracts the minds of people by His beautiful youthful form. ‘Hari\u2019 in the grammatical form of address, the vocative, or calling out to a person, becomes ‘hare\u2019.\u201d
\nThe word ‘hare\u2019 has another meaning:
\n svarupa prema vatsalyair harer harati ya manah
\n hara sa kathyate sadbhih sri radha vrsabhanuja
\nHara is Srimati Radhika, daughter of Vrsabhanu, who steals (harati) the mind of Hari, Krsna, by her unalloyed love. Hara, in the form of address, also becomes ‘hare\u2019.
\nThe word ‘Krsna\u2019:
\n krsir bhu vacakah sabdo nas cananda svarupakah
\n tayor aikyam param brahma krsna ity abhidhiyate
\n\u201cThe word ‘krsna\u2019 is composed of the root ‘krsi\u2019 meaning ‘bhu,\u2019 the shelter of all existence and the word ‘na\u2019 meaning ‘nivriti\u2019 or the form of supreme bliss. Combined they form the word ‘krsna\u2019 which signifies the param brahma, the supreme personality of Godhead with blissful form.\u201d
\nKrsna in the form of address remains as ‘krsna.\u2019
\nThe word ‘Rama\u2019:
\n ramante yogino ‘nante nityanande cidatmani
\n iti rama padenaiva param brahmadbhidhiyate
\n\u201cThe param brahma is known as Rama because the yogis take pleasure (ramante) in meditating on His eternal, blissful form.\u201d
\n vaidagdhi sara sarvasva murti liladbhidevatam
\n sri radham ramayan nityam rama ity abhidhiyate
\n\u201cThe Supreme Lord is called Rama because He carries out pastimes of pleasure with the most beautiful Sri Radha.\u201d
\nHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
\nHare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
\nOh Radha, please attract my mind, and free me from this material world.
\nOh Krsna, please attract my mind.
\nOh Radha, attract my heart by showing your sweetness.
\nOh Krsna, purify my mind by giving knowledge of how to perform worship of You through Your pure devotee.
\nOh Krsna, give me steadiness to appreciate Your name, qualities and pastimes.
\nOh Krsna, may I develop a taste for serving You.
\nOh Radha, please make me qualified for your service.
\nOh Radha, please instruct me on how I can serve you.
\nOh Radha, let me hear of your intimate pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Rama (Krsna), let me hear of Your intimate pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Radha, reveal to me your pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Rama, reveal to me Your pastimes with Your beloved.
\nOh Rama, engage me in remembering Your name, form, qualities and pastimes.
\nOh Rama, please make me qualified for your service.
\nOh Radha, be pleased with me.
\nOh Radha, be pleased with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Hare Krsna Mantra – meaning of the mantra
\nMeaning as explained by Gopala Guru Gosvami, disciple of Svarupa Damodara of Puri:
\nThe word “hare”:
\n hari harati papani dusta cittair api smrtah
\n anicchayapi samsprsto dahaty eva hi pavakah
\n vijnapya bhagavat tattvam cid ghanananda vigraham
\n haraty avidyam tat karyam ato harir iti smrtah
\n“Just as the fire, on contacting an object, automatically burns it, so the name of Hari takes away (harati) or burns up all ht esins of the people with materialistic hearts. It removes (harati) all ignorance and reveals the transcendental, blissful form of the Lord. Also, ‘hari’ means that personality who attracts (harati) the minds of all the people in the universe when they hear stories of His transcendental qualities; or, He who attracts the minds of people by His beautiful youthful form. ‘Hari’ in the grammatical form of address, the vocative, or calling out to a person, becomes ‘hare’.”
\nThe word ‘hare’ has another meaning:
\n svarupa prema vatsalyair harer harati ya manah
\n hara sa kathyate sadbhih sri radha vrsabhanuja
\nHara is Srimati Radhika, daughter of Vrsabhanu, who steals (harati) the mind of Hari, Krsna, by her unalloyed love. Hara, in the form of address, also becomes ‘hare’.
\nThe word ‘Krsna’:
\n krsir bhu vacakah sabdo nas cananda svarupakah
\n tayor aikyam param brahma krsna ity abhidhiyate
\n“The word ‘krsna’ is composed of the root ‘krsi’ meaning ‘bhu,’ the shelter of all existence and the word ‘na’ meaning ‘nivriti’ or the form of supreme bliss. Combined they form the word ‘krsna’ which signifies the param brahma, the supreme personality of Godhead with blissful form.”
\nKrsna in the form of address remains as ‘krsna.’
\nThe word ‘Rama’:
\n ramante yogino ‘nante nityanande cidatmani
\n iti rama padenaiva param brahmadbhidhiyate
\n“The param brahma is known as Rama because the yogis take pleasure (ramante) in meditating on His eternal, blissful form.”
\n vaidagdhi sara sarvasva murti liladbhidevatam
\n sri radham ramayan nityam rama ity abhidhiyate
\n“The Supreme Lord is called Rama because He carries out pastimes of pleasure with the most beautiful Sri Radha.”
\nHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
\nHare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
\nOh Radha, please attract my mind, and free me from this material world.
\nOh Krsna, please attract my mind.
\nOh Radha, attract my heart by showing your sweetness.
\nOh Krsna, purify my mind by giving knowledge of how to perform worship of You through Your pure devotee.
\nOh Krsna, give me steadiness to appreciate Your name, qualities and pastimes.
\nOh Krsna, may I develop a taste for serving You.
\nOh Radha, please make me qualified for your service.
\nOh Radha, please instruct me on how I can serve you.
\nOh Radha, let me hear of your intimate pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Rama (Krsna), let me hear of Your intimate pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Radha, reveal to me your pastimes with your beloved.
\nOh Rama, reveal to me Your pastimes with Your beloved.
\nOh Rama, engage me in remembering Your name, form, qualities and pastimes.
\nOh Rama, please make me qualified for your service.
\nOh Radha, be pleased with me.
\nOh Radha, be pleased with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30455"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38014,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30455\/revisions\/38014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}