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INTRODUCTION
knowledge of the Truth. (iv) Services done for His benefit only,
such as thinking of Him with love and affection, praising Him
and bowing before Him. The fourth is the best of all.
With Devotion: Worship with love is the best. Anything
done with love is done easily and with no effort. It has been
sung in the Gitti: "(It) is very easy to do" (IX-3).
For, to
remember a loving husband is always a pleasant thing to do.
This is different from the acts of worship of other gods
who are not our true Lord,-a worship which is undertaken
reluctantly like the drinking of a bitter medicinal decoction,
with a view to obtain some benefit.
The Lotus-eyed: This describes the fascinating beauty of
the object of worship -one far removed from other objects
which are worshipped by some and which are ugly and terrible
to look at.
By Praises: Praising is easy, because only speech is
necessary, not like sacrifices such as the visvajit or penances
like the chandrayana which involve expenditure and much
personal exertion. Hence, the venerabie Vyasa says: "Those
distressed, afflicted or enfeebled, and those under fear or
suffering from terrible diseases-all these, by mere uttering of
the word 'Nārāyaṇa' are relieved of grief and become happy."
In the Vishnu Purana, it is said: "If one utters the Name even
unconsciously....'
So also in the Vishnu Dharma: "Conscious or uncon
scious, if a man utters the (holy; Name of Vasudeva, all that
(i. e., every sin commited wittingly or unwittingly) becomes
dissolved like salt in water". Again, in the same work: "Water
is sufficient to put out fire; sunrise dispels darkness; (so also)
recitation of the holy Name of Hari extinguishes a multitude
of sins." So also the passages (in the same work): "By recita-
tion of His Name, a person is saved"; "By recitation of His
Name, a person is released from great fear"; "One who utters
once the two syllables of the name of 'Hari' has (thereby)
packed his luggage to go to moksha"; "A person who remem-
bers His Name, after his death, attains the highest world of
Vishnu, whence there is no return to this world"; "The uttera
nce of the names, 'Achyuca', 'Ananta' and 'Govinda', acts
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knowledge of the Truth. (iv) Services done for His benefit only,
such as thinking of Him with love and affection, praising Him
and bowing before Him. The fourth is the best of all.
With Devotion: Worship with love is the best. Anything
done with love is done easily and with no effort. It has been
sung in the Gitti: "(It) is very easy to do" (IX-3).
For, to
remember a loving husband is always a pleasant thing to do.
This is different from the acts of worship of other gods
who are not our true Lord,-a worship which is undertaken
reluctantly like the drinking of a bitter medicinal decoction,
with a view to obtain some benefit.
The Lotus-eyed: This describes the fascinating beauty of
the object of worship -one far removed from other objects
which are worshipped by some and which are ugly and terrible
to look at.
By Praises: Praising is easy, because only speech is
necessary, not like sacrifices such as the visvajit or penances
like the chandrayana which involve expenditure and much
personal exertion. Hence, the venerabie Vyasa says: "Those
distressed, afflicted or enfeebled, and those under fear or
suffering from terrible diseases-all these, by mere uttering of
the word 'Nārāyaṇa' are relieved of grief and become happy."
In the Vishnu Purana, it is said: "If one utters the Name even
unconsciously....'
So also in the Vishnu Dharma: "Conscious or uncon
scious, if a man utters the (holy; Name of Vasudeva, all that
(i. e., every sin commited wittingly or unwittingly) becomes
dissolved like salt in water". Again, in the same work: "Water
is sufficient to put out fire; sunrise dispels darkness; (so also)
recitation of the holy Name of Hari extinguishes a multitude
of sins." So also the passages (in the same work): "By recita-
tion of His Name, a person is saved"; "By recitation of His
Name, a person is released from great fear"; "One who utters
once the two syllables of the name of 'Hari' has (thereby)
packed his luggage to go to moksha"; "A person who remem-
bers His Name, after his death, attains the highest world of
Vishnu, whence there is no return to this world"; "The uttera
nce of the names, 'Achyuca', 'Ananta' and 'Govinda', acts
B.4
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