The Hare Krishna Mantra
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Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness
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This maha-mantra, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, is being chanted by Brahma with his four mouths, brahma jape catur mukhe. Brahma means Lord Brahma, and jape means is chanting, catur mukhe, with his four heads. Within this universe, only Brahma has got four heads, and Lord Siva sometimes exhibits five heads, so it is explained here, that Lord Brahma is also chanting this Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, with his four mouths; still he is chanting, he does not think that he is satiated. This transcendental name is so sweet that either you chant with your one mouth and one tongue, or with one thousand mouths and one thousand tongues, still you will never feel tired. This is the purport of this song. Srila Rupa Goswami, he lamented that this Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, these names are so sweet that how I can relish the transcendental sweetness with one tongue and one mouth? If God would have give me millions of tongues and millions of mouths, then I would have relished a little of it. So he lamented. Here also it is said that Narada Muni, he has got always with him a tambura and he is traveling all over the universe constantly. He cannot stay in any place more than a few seconds, and he has no companion, but his only companion is that tambura and chanting Hare Krishna. Therefore it is said here, narada jabe vina jante, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.
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