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Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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movement we request the devotees to chant at least sixteen rounds on their beads daily. Actually one has to chant twenty-four hours daily, just like Thākura Haridāsa, who was chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  300,000 times daily. Indeed, he had no other business. Some of the Gosvāmīs like Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī were also chanting very rigidly and also offering obeisances very rigidly. As stated in Śrīnivāsācārya's prayer to the six Gosvāmīs ( Śaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka ):  saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gānanatibhiḥ kālāvasānīkṛtau . The word  saṅkhyā-pūrvaka  means "maintaining a numerical strength." Not only was Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī chanting the holy name of the Lord, but he was also offering obeisances in the same prolific numbers.
Because the princes were ready to enter into some severe austerity in order to worship the Lord, Lord Śiva advised them to constantly chant and meditate upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is significant that Lord Śiva personally offered his prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead just as he was taught by his father, Lord Brahmā. Similarly, he was also preaching to the princes according to the  paramparā  system. One should not only practice the instructions received from the spiritual master but should also distribute this knowledge to his disciples.
The words  ātmānam ātma-stham sarva-bhūteṣv avasthitam  are also significant. The Personality of Godhead is the origin of all living entities. Because the living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord, He is the father of all of them. One can search out the Supreme Lord very easily within his heart, for He is situated in every living entity's heart. In this verse the process of worshiping the Lord is considered to be very easy and complete, for anyone can sit down anywhere and in any condition of life and simply chant the holy names of the Lord. By chanting and hearing, one automatically engages in meditation.
TEXT 71
योगादेशमुपासाध धारयन्तो मुनिव्रताः ।
समाहितधियः सर्व एतदम्यसतादताः ॥७१॥
yogādeśam upāsādya dhārayanto muni-vratāḥ samāhita-dhiyaḥ sarva etad abhyasatādṛtāḥ
yoga-ādeśam—this instruction of bhakti-yoga; upāsādya—constantly reading; dhārayantaḥ—and taking within the heart; muni-vratāḥ—just take the vow of the great sages, the vow of silence; samāhita—always fixed in