Text 11] The Glories of Lord Ananta 425

gross and subtle ingredients interact. He appears in various incarnations
just to please the hearts of His pure devotees.” For example. the
Supreme Lord appeared in the transcendental incarnation of Lord
Pp pp
Varaha (the boar) just to please His devotees by lifting the planet earth
J Pp yi & p
from the Garbhodaka Ocean.

TEXT 11

qa ZanyaacTa-

tal Al ale Waa: ASEAATST |
aeeqe: age = yotAagaed

& ATK AGIA! 112 21

yan-ndéma srutam anukirtayed akasmad
Grto vé yadi patitah pralambhanad va

hanty amhah sapadi nrnam asesam anyam
kam sesdd bhagavata dsrayen mumuksuh

yat—of whom: ndadma—the holy name:  srutam—heard:
anukirtayet —may chant or repeat; akasmat—by accident: artah—a dis-
tressed person; vd—or; yadi—if; patitah—a fallen person:
pralambhanat—out of joking: vaé—or: hanti—destroys: armhah—sin-
ful; sapadi—that instant; nrnam—of human society: asesam—
unlimited: anyam—of other: kam—what: Sesét—than Lord Sesa:
bhagavatah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead: asrayet—should

take shelter of; mumukswh—anyone desiring liberation.

TRANSLATION

Even if he be distressed or degraded, any person who chants the
holy name of the Lord, having heard it from a bona fide spiritual
master, is immediately purified. Even if he chants the Lord’s name
jokingly or by chance, he and anyone who hears him are freed
from all sins. Therefore how can anyone seeking disentanglement
from the material clutches avoid chanting the name of Lord Sesa?
Of whom else should one take shelter?
