598 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 15

God, but if one thinks that he is therefore at liberty to commit all kinds of
sinful acts, that is asymptom of offense. The eighth offense is to equalize
the chanting of Hare Krsna with other spiritual activities, such as medita-
lion, austerity, penance or sacrifice. They cannot be equalized at any level.
The ninth offense is to specifically glorify the importance of the holy name
before persons who have no interest. The tenth offense is to be attached to
to the misconception of possessing something, or to accept the body as
one’s self, while executing the process of spiritual cultivation.

When one is free from all ten of these offensesin chanting the holy name
of God, he develops the ecstatic bodily features which are called pulakasru.
Pulaka means symptoms of happiness, and asru means tears in the eyes.
The symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes must appear in a person
who has chanted the holy name offenselessly. Here in this verse it is stated
that those who have actually developed the symptoms of happiness and
tears in the eyes by chanting the glories of the Lord are eligible to enter the
kingdom of God, In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that if one does not
develop these symptoms while chanting Hare Kysna, it is to be understood
that he is still offensive. Caitanya-caritamrta suggests a nice remedy in
this connection. There it is said, in verse 31, Chapter Eight, of Adi-lila,
that if anyone takes shelter of Lord Caitanya and just chants the holy name
of the Lord, Hare Krsna, he becomes freed from all offenses.

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ATTA TATA FHS REI

tad visva-gurv-adhikrtam bhuvanaika-vandyam
divyam vicitra-vibudhagrya-vimdna-socih

apuh param mudam apitrvam upetya yoga-
maya-balena munayas tad atho vikuntham

tat—then; visva-guru—by the teacher of the universe, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; adhikrtam—predominated; bhuvana—of the pla-
nets; eka—alone; vandyam—worthy to be worshiped; divyam—spiritual;
vicitra—highly decorated; vibudha-agrya—of the devotees (who are the
best of the learned); vimana—of the airplanes; socih—illuminated; apuh—
attained; param—the highest; mudam—happiness; apurvam—unprecedented;
upetya—having attained; yoga-maya—by spiritual potency; balena—by the
