“ Naam prabhav jan shiv niko. Kal koot phal dinha ami ko .”
Lord Shiva thoroughly understands the glory of ‘Naam' by virtue of
which he drank poison and it was transformed into nectar. “ Naam prabhav Shambhu avinashi. Saj amangal mangal rashi. Mangal bhawan amangal hari, uma sahit jehi japat purari .”
(Due to the power of the Name Lord Shiva is immortal and the home of
blessings). What is that ‘Naam' which Lord Shankar and Uma remember?
Today, there is not one person here who follows Lord Rama! He said long
ago, “ Aurahun ek sugupta mat, sabahin kahaun kari jori. Shankar bhajan bina nar, bhagati na pawahin mori .” – “I will tell you a secret. Nobody can be truly my devotee unless he does Shiva-meditation”. Mahamantra (the primordial vibration) is that which Lord Shankar also meditates upon. Only this can liberate and is the same thing as the Shankar bhajan (Lord Shiva's meditation), without which nobody can achieve real devotion to Lord Rama. It is said, “ Ram ek tapas tiya tari. Naam koti khal kumati sudhari .” Ram granted redemption to one lady, Ahilya, but the Name has liberated thousands of devotees. “ Ram bhalu kapi katak batora. Setu hetu shram kinha na thora. Naam let bhawshindhu sukhahin karahu vichar sajjan man mahin. ”
– Rama enlisted the help of an army of monkeys and bears and with much
difficulty built a bridge, whereas simply remembering the Name dries up
the ocean of mortality! Let those who are wise wonder about this. What
is Shankar bhajan and Mahamantra ? St. Kabir says, “ Tantra mantra sab jhuth hain, mat bharmo sansar. Sar shabda jane bina, koi na utarasi par ”,
which means that tantras and mantras are not the real thing, so don't
be led astray. But still you are busy chanting mantras. I ask you, when
you chant mantras, where is your mind? Your gurus are also entangled in
such mantras. “ Shabda bina surati andhari, kaho kahan ko jay. Dwar na pawe shabda ka, phir phir bhatka khay. ”
St. Kabir says that this is not meditation and without finding the
‘door' of the Name, you will revolve in the cycle of birth and death. St
Tulsidas Ji said, “ Kalyug kewal nam adhara. Sumari sumari nar utarahin para ” which means that in Kaliyug one can get salvation only with the help of the eternal and primordial Name of God.
