234 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 3

meaning of “hd rama, ha rama,” they say those words in the course of their ordi-
nary life. For the yavanas the words “ha rama” mean “abominable,” whereas the
devotee exclaims the words “ha rama” in ecstatic love. Nevertheless, because the
words “ha rama” are the spiritual summum bonum, the fact is the same, whether
they are uttered by yavanas or by great devotees, just as fire is the same both for a
child and for an elderly man. In other words, the holy name of the Lord, “ha rama,”
always acts, even when the holy names are chanted without reference to the
Supreme Lord. Yavanas utter the holy name in a different attitude than devotees,
but the holy name “ha rama” is so powerful spiritually that it acts anywhere,
whether one knows it or not. This is explained as follows.

TEXT 55
Vola AY ACKCS GY SI ATSIA |
Say far aicay coe al SH faatt i ce ti

yadyapi anya sarikete anya haya ndmdabhasa
tathapi ndmera teja nd haya vindsa

SYNONYMS
yadyapi—although; anya—another; sankete—by intimation; anya—that
other; haya—is; ndma-dbhasa—almost equal to the holy name; tathapi—still;
nadmera teja—the transcendental power of the holy name; nd haya vinasa—is not
destroyed.

TRANSLATION

Namacarya Haridasa Thakura, the authority on the chanting of the holy
name, said, ‘The chanting of the Lord’s holy name to indicate something
other than the Lord is an instance of namabhiasa. Even when the holy name is
chanted in this way, its transcendental power is not destroyed.

TEXT 56
meBaerecsi caceel Bi ateafwe eas oar |
Berit qhentcaths fee yas aa yAq Wow
darnstri-darnstrahato mleccho
ha rameti punah punah

uktvapi muktim dpnoti
kim punah sraddhaya grnan
