330 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 8

Lord and at the same time chanting the mantra one becomes so perfect
within seven days that he can see the human beings who fly in the sky.
Narada Muni used the word japah, which indicates that the mantra to be
chanted is very confidential. One may ask, “If it is confidential, why is it
mentioned in the writing of Srimad-Bhagavatam?” It is confidential in this
sense: one may receive a published mantra anywhere, but unless it is
accepted through the chain of disciplic succession, the mantra does not act.
It is said by authoritative sources that any mantra chanted without having
been received from the disciplic succession has no efficacy.

Another point established in this verse is that meditation should be
carried on with the chanting of a mantra. Chanting of the Hare Krsna
mantra is the easiest process of meditation in this age. As soon as one
chants the Hare Krsna mantra, he sees the forms of Krsna, Rama and
Their energies, and that is the perfect stage of trance. One should not arti-
ficially try to see the form of the Lord while chanting Hare Krsna, but
when the chanting is performed offenselessly the Lord will automatically
reveal Himself to the view of the chanter. The chanter, therefore, has to
concentrate on hearing the vibration, and without extra endeavor on his
part, the Lord will automatically appear.

TEXT 54

3° amt WTS AAA |
wawaa tre gag aT Ta: |
ami  fafenattrercfrrafaq sell

orm namo bhagavate vasudevaya
mantrenanena devasya

kuryad dravyamayim budhah
saparyam vividhair dravyair

dega-kala-vibhagavit

om—O my Lord; namah—I offer my respectful obeisances; bhagavate—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vaésudevaya—unto the Supreme
Lord Vasudeva; mantrena—by this hymn or mantra; anena—this; devasya—
of the Lord; kuryat—one should do; dravyamayim—physical; budhah—
one who is learned; saparyam—worship by the prescribed method; vividhaih
—with varieties; dravyaih—paraphernalia; desa—according to country; kdla
—time; vibhagavit—one who knows the divisions.
