Krsna's name is more merciful then Krsna's vigraha (form)

07-26-1999, 12:02 PM

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Gitavali

vacya o vacaka-dui swarup tomar
vacya-tava sri-vigraha cid-anandakar

1) O Lord, You possess two transcendental forms, properly called vacya (that
which is nameable) and vacaka (that which denotes). The vacya is Your
beautiful personal bodily form full of transcendental knowledge and bliss.

(2)
vacaka swarup tava `sri-krsnaadi' nam
varna-rupi sarva-jiva-ananda-visram

2) The vacaka forms are Your holy names, such as Sri Krsna and so forth.
Thus appearing in the form of transcendental sound vibration, You are the
resting place for the bliss of all souls.

(3)
ei dui swarupe tava ananta prakas
doya kori' deya jive tomara vilas

3) Your unlimited manifestations are found in these two forms. Taking pity
and being very kind, they confer upon the fallen souls entrance into Your
divine pastimes.

(4)
kintu janiyachi natha vacaka-swarup
vacyapeksa doyamoy, ei aparup

4) But of these two forms of Yours, O Lord, I have understood Your vacaka
form to be even more merciful than Your vacya form. Thus do I find Your holy
name most wonderful.

(5)
nama nami bheda nai, vedera vacan
tabu nama-nami ho'te adhika korun

5) It is the declaration of the Vedas that the holy name of the Lord and the
Lord Himself are non-different, yet still the holy name is more merciful
than the Lord Himself.

(6)
krsnae-aparadhi jadi name sraddha kori'
prana bhori' dake nam-`rama, krsna, hari'

6) If one is an offender to Lord Krsna personally, but has genuine faith in
the holy name and calls out with all his heart and soul, "Rama!" "Krsna!"
"Hari!"...

(7)
aparadha dure jay, ananda-sagare
bhase sei anayase rasera pathare

7) ...then all his offenses are cast far away, and he floats without
difficulty in the ocean of divine bliss and transcendental mellows.

(8)
vigraha-swarup vacye aparadha kori'
suddha-namasraye sei aparadhe tori'

8) A person may commit offenses to the vacya or the transcendental figure of
the Lord, but if he is under the shelter of the pure holy name, he crosses
over all those offenses.

(9)
bhakativinoda mage sri-rupa-carane
vacaka-swarup name rati anuksane

9) At the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Goswami, Bhaktivinoda begs for constant
loving attachment for the vacaka or divine holy name of the Supreme Lord.