1426 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3; Ch. 33

twenty-four hours a day. It is specifically said here, tubhyam: ‘“‘unto You
only.”” One must chant God’s name, not, as the Mayavadi philosophers
say, any name, such as a demigod’s name or the names of God’s energies.
Only the holy name of the Supreme Lord will be effective. Anyone who
compares the holy name of the Supreme Lord to the names of the
demigods is called pasandi, or an offender.

The holy name has to be chanted to please the Supreme Lord, and not
for any sense gratification or professional purpose. If this pure mentality
is there, then even though a person is born of a low family, such as a dog-
eater’s, he is so glorious that not only has he purified himself, but he is
quite competent to deliver others. He is competent to speak on the
importance of the transcendental name, just as Thakura Haridasa did. He
was apparently born in a family of Mohammedans, but because he was
chanting the holy name of the Supreme Lord offenselessly, Lord Caitanya
empowered him to become the authority or acarya of spreading the name.
It didn’t matter that he was born in a family which was not following the
Vedic rules and regulations. Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Prabhu
accepted him as an authority because he was offenselessly chanting the
name of the Lord. Authorities like Advaita Prabhu and Lord Caitanya
immediately accepted that he had already performed all kinds of
austerities, studied the Vedas and performed all sacrifices. That is
automatically understood. There is a hereditary class of brahmanas called
the smarta-brahmanas, however, who are of the opinion that even if such
persons who are chanting the holy name of the Lord are accepted as
purified, they still have to perform the Vedic rites or await their next
birth in a family of brahmanas so that they can perform the Vedic rituals.
But actually that is not the case. Such a man does not need to wait for the
next birth to become purified. He is at once purified. It is understood
that he has already performed all sorts of rites. It is the so-called
brahmanas who actually have to undergo different kinds of austerities
before reaching that point of purification. There are many other Vedic
performances which are not described here. All such Vedic rituals have
been already performed by the chanters of the holy name.

The word juhuvuh means that the chanters of the holy name have
already performed all kinds of sacrifices. Sasnuh means that they have
already traveled to all the holy places of pilgrimage and taken part in
purificatory activities at those places. They are called aryah because they
have already finished all these requirements, and therefore they must be
among the Aryans or those who have qualified themselves to become Aryans.
Aryan refers to those who are civilized, whose manners are regulated
