Text 203] Pastimes of the Lord in His Youth 361

PURPORT

Sometimes demoniac nonbelievers, not understanding the potency of the holy
name, make fun of the Vaisnavas when the Vaisnavas chant the Hare Krsna
mahd-mantra. This joking is also beneficial for such persons. $rimad-Bhagavatam,
Sixth Canto, Second Chapter, verse 14, indicates that the chanting of the Hare
Krsna mahd-mantra, even in joking, in the course of ordinary discussion, in indicating
something extraneous, or in negligence, is called ndmadbhdsa, which is chanting that
is almost on the transcendental stage. This némdbhasa stage is better than ndmo-
aparadha, Némabhasa awakens the supreme remembrance of Lord Visniu. When one
remembers Lord Visnu, he becomes free from material enjoyment. Thus he
gradually comes forward toward the transcendental service of the Lord and becomes
eligible to chant the holy name of the Lord in the transcendental position.

TEXTS 201-202

CA HPS ATE, GAT w HATS |
feogcs mire CHR oH frat BBC i 205 I
fae] Fwaty Sea, al ACA Ae/a |

ai rife, fa acarale arcat fergste ace t

Gra mifeccha kahe, $suna— ami ta’ ei-mate
hinduke parihdsa kainu se dina ha-ite

jihva kpsna-nama kare, nd mane varjana
na jani, ki mantrausadhi jane hindu-gana

SYNONYMS

dra—another; mieccha—meat-eater; kahe—said; suna—please hear; Gmi—\; ta’—
certainly; e/-mate—in this way; hinduke—to a Hindu; parihasa—ioking; kainu—did;
se—that; dina—day; ha-ite—from; jihvG—the tongue; Aysna-ndma—the holy name of
Lord Krsna; kare—chants; m@—does not; ma@ne—accept; varjana—renunciation; n@—
not; j@ni—| know; ki—what; mantra-gusadhi—hymns and herbs; jéne—know; hindu-
gara—the Hindus.
TRANSLATION

“Another meat-eater said, ‘Sir, please hear me. Since the day | joked with some
Hindus in this way, my tongue chants the Hare Krsna hymn and cannot give it up.
1 do not know what mystic hymns and herbai potions these Hindus know.’

TEXT 203

6S Qf S-RSICAa Ves HAA |
CRAFT AIS FEY ALS-AS STEM 0 200 |
