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Song Lyrics: Hare Krsna Mahamantra
Purport Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
So
this mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa
Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare,
is being chanted by Brahmā with his four mouths.
Brahmā-jape catur-mukhe. Brahmā means Lord Brahmā,
and jape means he is chanting, catur-mukhe, with his
four heads. Within this universe, only Brahmā
has got four heads. And Lord Śiva
sometimes exhibits five heads. So it is explained here that Lord Brahmā is also chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa
Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare,
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma 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 or one
thousand tongues, still, you will never feel tired. That is the purport of this
song. Śrīla Rūpa
Gosvāmī, he lamented that "This Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
Hare Hare, Hare Rāma
Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma 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 given 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 Nārada Muni,
he has got always with him a tampura, 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 tampura and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Therefore it is said here, nārada-yabe, vīṇā-yantre, kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa hare hare.
UPDATED: April 1, 2009