Text 124] The Glories of Haridasa Thakura 269

TEXT 123

aifa-cora Car, cay Offa aca |
Bla TiS cf sharia Brat StsicA i Ao Wl

ratri-Sesa haila, vesya usimisi kare
tara riti dekhi’ haridasa kahena tahare

SYNONYMS
ratri—night; sesa haila—came to an end; vesya—the prostitute; usimisi—rest-
less; kare—became; taéra—her; riti—activities; dekhi’—seeing; haridasa—
Haridasa Thakura; kahena—says; tahdre—unto her.

TRANSLATION

When the night came to an end, the prostitute was restless. Seeing this,
Haridasa Thakura spoke to her as follows.

TEXT 124

“carParaaied-aes Sit GFAICA |
oe Fei afaaife, Caer catia cca 528 |

“koti-nama-grahana-yajfia kari eka-mase
ei diksa kariyachi, haila asi’ sese

SYNONYMS

koti-nama-grahana—chanting ten million names; yajfa—such a sacrifice;
kari—| perform; eka-mase—in one month; ei—this; diksi—vow; kariyachi—|
have taken; haila—it was; asi’—nearing; sese—the end.

TRANSLATION

“| have vowed to chant ten million names in a month. I have taken this vow,
but now it is nearing its end.

PURPORT

If one regularly chants 333,333 times daily for a month and then chants one
time more, he will thus chant ten million times. In this way a devotee worships the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such worship is called yajfia. Yajfiaih sankirtana-
prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah: those whose intelligence is brilliant accept this
hari-nama-yajfia, the yajfia of chanting the holy name of the Lord. By performing
this yajfia, one satisfies the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus attains per-
fection in spiritual life.
