Jagat

I posted this many years ago and it has made the rounds once or twice. But I like to keep everything here on the blog. This article contains three interpretations of the Holy Name, by (1) Jiva Goswami, (2) Gopala Guru Goswami and (3) Raghunath Das Goswami. Of the three I particularly like Raghunath Das the best, mainly because the name Hari is taken to refer to Krishna because it is being chanted in the mood of Radharani. The name harA for Radha is practically speaking never used in common parlance. I have never seen it used in that way anywhere. But the idea that one is to chant the name in Radha bhava makes a lot of sense to me. हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare (1) महामन्त्रस्य ऐश्वर्यमयी व्याख्या The Lord's divine qualities revealed in the Mahāmantra (Jiva Goswami) हरति त्रिविधं तापं जन्मकोटिशतोद्भवम् पापं च स्मरतां यस्मात्...