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The Ten Offenses to the Holy Name  |
| भाषा: हिन्दी | English | தமிழ் | ಕನ್ನಡ | മലയാളം | తెలుగు | ગુજરાતી | বাংলা | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ | |
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(1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy name of the Lord.
(2) To consider the names of demigods like Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā to be equal to or independent of the holy name of Lord Viṣṇu.
(3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master and consider him as an ordinary human being.
(4) To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version.
(5) To consider the glories of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa as imagination.
(6) To give some mundane interpretation on the holy name of the Lord.
(7) To commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name of the Lord.
(8) To consider the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa as one of the auspicious ritualistic activities which are offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities.
(9) To instruct a faithless person about the glories of the holy name.
(10) To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachment, even after understanding so many instructions on this matter)It is also an offense to be inattentive while chanting.
Every devotee who claims to be a Vaiṣṇava must carefully guard against these ten offenses in order to quickly achieve the desired success, Kṛṣṇa prema. |
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| MEANING |
| The ten offenses to the holy name are listed as follows in the Padma Purāṇa, as quoted in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi Lila 8.24, purport). Refer purport for details. |
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| (1) |
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| satāṁ nindā nāmnaḥ paramam aparādhaṁ vitanute |
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| yataḥ khyātiṁ yātaṁ katham u sahate tad-vigarhām |
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| (2) |
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| śivasya śrī-viṣṇor ya iha guṇa-nāmādi-sakalaṁ |
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| dhiyā bhinnaṁ paśyet sa khalu hari-nāmāhita-karaḥ |
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| (3) |
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| guror avajñā |
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| (4) |
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| śruti-śāstra-nindanam |
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| (5) |
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| artha-vādaḥ |
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| (6) |
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| hari-nāmni kalpanam |
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| (7) |
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| nāmno balād yasya hi pāpa-buddhir |
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| na vidyate tasya yamair hi śuddhiḥ |
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| (8) |
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| dharma-vrata-tyāga-hutādi-sarva- |
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| śubha-kriyā-sāmyam api pramādaḥ |
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| (9) |
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| aśraddadhāne vimukhe ’py aśṛṇvati |
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| yaś copadeśaḥ śiva-nāmāparādhaḥ |
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| (10) |
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| śrute ’pi nāma-māhātmye yaḥ prīti-rahito naraḥ |
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| ahaṁ-mamādi-paramo nāmni so ’py aparādha-kṛt |
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| हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥ हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे। हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे॥ |
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