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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 3]
TEXT 58
‘রাম’ দুই অক্ষর ইহা নহে ব্যবহিত । প্রেমবাচী ‘হা’-শব্দ তাহাতে ভূষিত ॥ ৫৮ ॥
‘rāma’  dui akṣara ihā nahe vyavahita   prema-vācī ‘hā’-śabda tāhāte bhūṣita
SYNONYMS
rāma —the holy name of the Lord;  dui —two;  akṣara —syllables;  ihā —these;  nahe —are not;  vyavahita —separated;  prema-vācī —a word indicating love;  hā —“O”;  śabda —the word;  tāhāte —by that;  bhūṣita —decorated.
TRANSLATION
“The word ‘rāma’ consists of the two syllables, ‘rā’ and ‘ma.’ These are un-separated and are decorated with the loving word ‘hā,’ meaning ‘O.’
TEXT 59
নামের অক্ষর-সবের এই ত’ স্বভাব । ব্যবহিত হৈলে না ছাড়ে আপন-প্রভাব ॥ ৫৯ ॥
nāmera akṣara-sabera ei ta’ svabhāva   vyavahita haile nā chāḍe āpana-prabhāva
SYNONYMS
nāmera —of the holy name;  akṣara —letters;  sabera —of all;  ei —this;  ta’ —certainly;  sva-bhāva —the characteristic;  vyavahita haile —even when improperly uttered;  nā —do not;  chāḍe —give up;  āpana-prabhāva —their own spiritual influence.
TRANSLATION
“The letters of the holy name have so much spiritual potency that they act even when uttered improperly.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura states that the word  vyavahita  (“improperly uttered”) is not used here to refer to the mundane vibration of the letters of the alphabet. Such negligent utterance for the sense gratification of materialistic persons is not a vibration of transcendental sound. Utterance of the holy