366 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 17
krsnera kirtana kare nica bada bada
ei pape navadvipa ha-ibe ujaga
SYNONYMS
Rkrsnera—of Lord Krsna; kirtana—chanting; kRare—does; nica—lower class; badda
bada—again and again; ef pa@pe—by this sin; navadvipa—the whole city of Navadvipa;
ha-ibe—will become; ujagdo—deserted.
TRANSLATION
***Now the lower classes are chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra again and again.
For this sinful activity, the entire city of Navadvipa will be deserted.
TEXT 212
ferqaticm ‘ean’ ata—aging wife |
mes we iacr acea TE SH Alfa nse hl
hindu-sastre TSvara’ nadma—mahe-mantra jani
sarva-loka sunife mantrera virya haya hani
SYNONYMS
hindu-sastre—in the scriptures of the Hindus; 7§vara—God; ndma-—the holy name;
mahd-mantra—topmost hymn; jdni—we know; sarva-loka—everyone; sunile—if they
hear; mantrera—of the mantra, virya—-potency ; haya—becomes; hdni—finished.
TRANSLATION
“* According to Hindu scripture, God’s name is supposed to be the most powerful
hymn. If everyone hears the chanting of the name, the potency of the hymn will be
lost.
PURPORT
In the list of offenses in the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, it is said,
dharma-vrata-tydga-hutddi-sarva-subha-kriyd-samyam api pramadah: to consider the
chanting of the holy name of the Lord equal to the execution of some auspicious
religious ceremony is an offense. According to the materialistic point of view, ob-
serving a religious ceremony invokes an auspicious atmosphere for the material
benefit of the entire world. Materialists therefore manufacture religious principles
to live comfortably and without disturbance in executing their material activities.
Since they do not believe in the existence of God, they have manufactured the idea
that God is impersonal and that to have some conception of God one may imagine
any form. Thus they respect the many forms of the demigods as different represen-
tations or manifestations of the Lord. They are called bahv-i$vara-vadis, or followers
of thousands and thousands of gods. They consider the chanting of the names of the
