236 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Antya-lila, Ch. 3
TEXT 58
‘aH Fe BBY Vel ace wales |
CHAADY AV -M SSS STS ev
‘rama’ dui aksara ihd nahe vyavahita
prema-vaci ‘ha’-sabda tahate bhusita
SYNONYMS
rama—the holy name of the Lord; dui—two; aksara—syllables; iha—these;
nahe—are not; vyavahita—separated; prema-vaci—a word indicating love; ha—
“O"; sabda—the word; tahate—by that; bhdsita—decorated.
TRANSLATION
“The word ‘rama’ consists of the two syllables, ‘ra’ and ‘ma.’ These are un-
separated and are decorated with the loving word ‘ha,’ meaning ‘O.’
TEXT 59
ACAA GHIA CS StS |
ATARS CRC A BITG BIMA-BSIA I ed II
nadmera aksara-sabera ei ta’ svabhava
vyavahita haile nd chade 4pana-prabhava
SYNONYMS
namera—of the holy name; aksara—letters; sabera—of all; ei—this; ta’—cer-
tainly; sva-bhava—the characteristic; vyavahita haile—even when improperly ut-
tered; nd—do not; chade—give up; apana-prabhava—their own spiritual in-
fluence.
TRANSLATION
“The letters of the holy name have so much spiritual potency that they act
even when uttered improperly.
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura states that the word vyavahita
(“improperly uttered”) is not used here to refer to the mundane vibration of the
letters of the alphabet. Such negligent utterance for the sense gratification of ma-
terialistic persons is not a vibration of transcendental sound. Utterance of the holy
