Mukunda Mala Stotra 29 – Neglecting the holy name is an invitation for disaster
ananta vaikuntha mukunda krishna govinda damodara madhaveti
vaktum samartho ’pi na vakti kashcid aho jananam vyasanabhimukhyam
“O Ananta, Vaikuntha, Mukunda, Krishna, Govinda, Damodara, Madhava! Although all people can address You, still they remain silent. Just see how eager they are for their own peril!”
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Mukunda Mala Stotra Verse 29 Ananda Vaikuntha Mukunda Krishna Govinda Damodara Madhyameti Vaktam Samartho Vinavakti Kashi Ahaujana Naam Yasana Bhimukhyam Kula Shekhar Maharaj is giving a list of names of Krishna over here Ananda Vaikuntha Mukunda Krishna O Lord who are infinite O you who are the master of the abode that is free from all anxiety O you are the giver of liberation O you who are the all attractive supreme lord O you who give pleasure to the senses O you who are bound by the love of your devotees O you who are the abode of sweetness the lord of the goddess of fortune the meanings of the names Ananda Vaikuntha Mukunda Krishna Govinda Damodara Madhyameti, these seven names and the previous verse also gives a list of names and he says these names are so meaningful and joyful and yet Vaktam Samartho Vinavakti Kashi although Vaktam Samartho, I have the capacity to chant these holy names but Vinavakti Kashi I am still not chanting these holy names and if I don’t chant the holy names what is going to happen Ahaujana Naam Yasana Bhimukhyam Jananaam O foolish people if you don’t chant the holy names what will happen to you Yasana Bhimukhyam you will be devoured by danger Abhimukhyam so actually what is the danger over here all of us have our past conditionings all of us have our immoral desires all of us have our animalistic drives and these are all pushing and pulling and dragging and biting us towards sinful activities all this happens not at the physical but the mental level and so we also need protection from this at the mental or inner level and if we don’t if we take shelter of the holy name and sort of cover our consciousness with remembrance of Krishna and then Krishna acts as the armour and the material desires that are goading and whipping us towards immoral activities can have no effect on us but then because of lethargy or apathy we don’t chant the holy names we don’t use our power of speaking to chant Krishna’s names then we put aside the armour that we have been given by Krishna and imagine a war going on in which the warrior just takes off his armour and stands in front of the enemy the enemy is going to grab that opportunity to wound and possibly finish off the warrior over there similarly when we don’t take shelter of the holy name then we inevitably get caught by our temptations which come from the mind and they impel us towards regrettable and sometimes even abominable activities so when you have the capacity to protect yourself why are you embracing danger so this is a very good contemplation for us because we often think of danger only in physical terms we may want to have a proper security in our house so that we don’t break in we want to have proper security for our bank account so that nobody steals the money but ultimately our happiness depends not so much on these things as it depends on the state of our consciousness and thieves breaking there and stealing away our devotional assets our attraction towards Krishna is a very real possibility if they recognize this danger and understand how the chanting of the holy name is not just any ordinary religious ritual it is a vital survival measure for us it is an indispensable security arrangement for protecting our devotional assets of course the chanting of the holy name is much more than that it not only protects our treasure it increases our treasure it increases our attraction to Krishna more and more but at the basic level if we remember this then it can bring gravity and intensity in our chanting of the holy names Shri Harinam Prabhu Ki Jai