SB 01.09.10 – The Lord within manifests without as the holy name to extend his mercy

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shunabhavitam one nine ten so Bishu Pitamah is lying on his arrow bed and Krishna Krishna knew the prabhava the power the influence the glory of Bishu Pitamah and therefore that lord who is rudhistham who is residing in the hearts of all living beings that lord manifested externally to him that lord came and came and stood right next to him so that lord who is situated in the heart of all in all beings internally also manifests externally on special occasions to bestow special mercy on some souls so Bishu Pitamah recognized that the lord has bestowed this extraordinary mercy on him and therefore he offered worship to jayama sir he gratefully worshipped the lord who had come in a come to him manifest to his vision in an externally situated form so when the lord appears he appears by his yoga maya potency internal potency so that although the lord is supreme controller although the lord is all pervading he appears to be localized in one place in one particular form this arrangement is by yoga maya so here the importance of krishna’s mercy is recognized that krishna he reciprocates with his devotee and manifests in an external form also for special souls so krishna is present in our heart and his presence in our heart itself is a testimony of his love for all of us without that love he would have no reason to accompany all of us as we wander through various species in our misadventurous search for pleasure in material existence but krishna persistently accompanies us lifetime after lifetime and waits for us to turn towards him and he doesn’t just wait he also tries to actively present through guru sadhu shastra through his avataras through the dham he through all such sacred manifestations he tries to get us back to him and just as krishna manifested in a accessible form to bheeshma pitamaha similarly krishna manifests to all of us in an accessible form as the holy name so that same lord who is present in our heart he manifests to us when we chant the holy names and the same blessing that was available to bheeshma pitamaha by the sakshat darshan of krishna is possible for us through the sakshat shravan of krishna so if we hear the holy name at any given time we’ll become purified and not just purified eventually we’ll become liberated and not just liberated into impersonal brahman but liberated into the spiritual planets where we will be able to see krishna and delight in his loving presence and grace for all of eternity so the holy name is non-different from krishna and the holy name offers us all the blessings that krishna himself offers in fact the holy name offers more blessings in one sense because krishna is not directly accessible to us now but holy name is accessible to us and by receiving gratefully the mercy of krishna just as bheeshma pitamaha poojayama so respectfully worship krishna similarly we worship krishna who’s manifesting as the holy name by chanting attentively and thus we can move closer to krishna and ultimately return back to his eternal abode chanting offers us that opportunity to perceive the mercy the presence of the mercy of the indwelling lord as he manifests as the holy name