Please grant us that our tongues may always be engaged in singing Your praises and glories

Nama Article 26th November 2013

 

Source: Srimad Bhagavatham : Its Message for the Modern Man by Swami Shantananda Puri Maharaj

 

Srimad Bhagavatham (10:10:38)

 

वाणी गुणानुकथने श्रवणौ कथायां

हस्तौ च कर्मसु मनस् तव पादयोर् नः

स्मृत्यां शिरस् तव निवास-जगत्-प्रणामे

दृष्टिः सतां दर्शने'स्तु भवत्-तनूनाम्

 

 

When child Krishna releases the twin sons of Kubera from the curse of being two Arjuna trees by uprooting them and restoring the young men to their original form, the twins ask for a boon from the Lord –

 

"O Lord, please grant us that our tongues may always be engaged in singing Your praises and glories, our ears in hearing them, our hands in doing Your service, our minds in the contemplation of Your holy feet, our heads in prostrating to the entire world which is Your dwelling, and our eyes in the vision of the holy persons who are Your embodiments.''

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare