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title: "Bal Kand Doha 26"
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# Bal Kand · Doha 26

**चौ०** 
> नाम प्रसाद संभु अबिनासी। साजु अमंगल मंगल रासी॥  
> सुक सनकादि सिद्ध मुनि जोगी। नाम प्रसाद ब्रह्मसुख भोगी॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> नारद जानेउ नाम प्रतापू। जग प्रिय हरि हरि हर प्रिय आपू॥  
> नामु जपत प्रभु कीन्ह प्रसादू। भगत सिरोमनि भे प्रहलादू॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> ध्रुवँ सगलानि जपेउ हरि नाऊँ। पायउ अचल अनूपम ठाऊँ॥  
> सुमिरि पवनसुत पावन नामू। अपने बस करि राखे रामू॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> अपतु अजामिलु गजु गनिकाऊ। भए मुकुत हरि नाम प्रभाऊ॥  
> कहौं कहाँ लगि नाम बड़ाई। रामु न सकहिं नाम गुन गाई॥४॥

Meaning: By the grace of the Name alone Lord Śiva is immortal and, though endowed with inauspicious paraphernalia (such as a wreath of skulls), is yet a repository of all auspiciousness. Again, it is by the grace of the Name alone that Siddhas (adepts), sages and Yogīs like Śuka, Sanaka and others enjoy divine raptures. (1)

Nārada realized the glory of the Name; that is why, while Śrī Hari is beloved of the world (and Hara is dear to Śrī Hari), he (Nārada) is dear to Hari and Hara (Viṣṇu and Śiva) both. It was because of his repeating the Name that the Lord showered His grace on Prahlāda, who thereby became the crest-jewel of devotees. (2)

Dhruva repeated the name of Śrī Hari with a feeling of indignation (at the harsh treatment received from his step-mother) and thereby attained an exalted and incomparable position in the galaxy of stars. For his remembrance of the holy Name, Hanumān enjoys the bliss of his closeness with Śrī Rāma. (3)

The vile Ajāmila and even the celebrated elephant and the harlot of the legend were liberated by the power of Śrī Hari’s name. I have no words to depict the glory of the Name: not even Rāma can adequately glorify It. (4)

**दो०** 
> नामु राम को कलपतरु कलि कल्यान निवासु।  
> जो सुमिरत भयो भाँग तें तुलसी तुलसीदासु॥२६॥

Meaning: The name of Rāma is a wish-yielding tree, the very home of beatitude in this age of Kali, by remembering which Tulasīdāsa (the poet himself) was transformed from an intoxicating drug like the hemp-plant into the holy Tulasī (basil). (26)

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