Through the Name poison's effect is removed, through the Name black magic is destroyed, and through the Name one attains the best state at the moment of death.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
In childhood, in youth, in hard times, in old age, and truly at all times and at the final hour too, one should keep nama-smaran.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
नामाचा महिमा जाणे शंकर । जना उपदेसी विश्वेश्वर ।
वाराणसी मुक्तिक्षेत्र । रामनामेंकरूनी ॥ १५॥
नामाचा महिमा शंकराला माहीत आहे, म्हणूनच तो लोकांना तो उपदेश करतो. रामनामामुळेच वाराणसी हे मुक्तिक्षेत्र बनले आहे.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
नामाचा महिमा जाणे शंकर । जना उपदेसी विश्वेश्वर ।
वाराणसी मुक्तिक्षेत्र । रामनामेंकरूनी ॥ १५॥
Shiva himself knows the glory of the Name, and that is why he teaches it to people. It is through the name of Rama that Varanasi has become a place of liberation.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
Even by chanting the Name in reverse, Valmiki was instantly liberated, and he went on to compose beforehand the great hundred-crore-verse story of Rama.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
One who remembers the Name incessantly should be considered blessed in body. Through Rama's name even mountains of great sin are destroyed.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
अगाध महिमा न वचे वदला । नामें बहुत जन उद्धरला ।
हळहळापासून सुटला । प्रत्यक्ष चंद्रमौळी ॥ २३॥
नामाचा महिमा इतका आहे की तो पूर्णपणे सांगताच येत नाही. नामामुळे अनेकजण उद्धरले गेले, आणि प्रत्यक्ष शंकरालाही त्याने संकटातून सोडवले.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण
अगाध महिमा न वचे वदला । नामें बहुत जन उद्धरला ।
हळहळापासून सुटला । प्रत्यक्ष चंद्रमौळी ॥ २३॥
The glory of the Name is so vast it cannot be fully told. Through it many were uplifted, and even Shiva himself was delivered from calamity through it.
दासबोध : दशक चौथा : समास तिसरा - नामस्मरणभक्तिनिरूपण