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The Glories of Haridāsa Ṭhākura
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TEXT 123
রাত্রি-শেষ হৈল, বেখ্যা উসিমিসি করে । তার রীতি দেখি’ হরিদাস কহেন তাহারে ॥ ১২৩ ॥
rātri-śeṣa haila, veśyā usimisi kare tāra rīti dekhi’ haridāsa kahena tāhāre
SYNONYMS
rātri —night;  śeṣa haila —came to an end;  veśyā —the prostitute;  usimisi —restless;  kare —became;  tāra —her;  rīti —activities;  dekhi’ —seeing;  haridāsa —Haridāsa Ṭhākura;  kahena —says;  tāhāre —unto her.
TRANSLATION
When the night came to an end, the prostitute was restless. Seeing this, Haridāsa Ṭhākura spoke to her as follows.
TEXT 124
“কোটিনামগ্রহণ-যজ্ঞ করি একমাসে । এই দীক্ষা করিয়াছি, হৈল আসি’ শেষে ॥ ১২৪ ॥
“koṭi-nāma-grahaṇa-yajña kari eka-māse ei dīkṣā kariyāchi, haila āsi’ śeṣe
SYNONYMS
koṭi-nāma-grahaṇa —chanting ten million names;  yajña —such a sacrifice;  kari —I perform;  eka-māse —in one month;  ei —this;  dīkṣā —vow;  kariyāchi —I have taken;  haila —it was;  āsi’ —nearing;  śeṣe —the end.
TRANSLATION
“I have vowed to chant ten million names in a month. I have taken this vow, but now it is nearing its end.
PURPORT
If one regularly chants 333,333 times daily for a month and then chants one time more, he will thus chant ten million times. In this way a devotee worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such worship is called  yajña .  Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ : those whose intelligence is brilliant accept this  hari-nāma-yajña , the  yajña  of chanting the holy name of the Lord. By performing this  yajña , one satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus attains perfection in spiritual life.