Verse Text
tatra pāvano, yathā pādme –
taṁ nirvyājaṁ bhaja guṇa-nidhiṁ pāvanaṁ pāvanānāṁ
śraddhā-rajyan-matir atitarām uttamaḥ-śloka-maulim |
prodyann antaḥ-karaṇa-kuhare hanta yan-nāma-bhānor
ābhāso ’pi kṣapayati mahā-pātaka-dhvānta-rāśim ||103||
Translation
Purification of sin (pāvana) is illustrated in the Padma Purāṇa:-- With intellect purified by faith and all sincerity, please intently worship Kṛṣṇa, an ocean of good qualities, whose glory destroys all darkness, who purifies those who purify others. When just the semblance of His name appears in the heart, it destroys the greatest accumulation of sins, just as the light prior to the rising of the sun destroys all darkness.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This is an instruction of Vidura to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. One should understand the semblance of the name of the Lord (namābhāsa) from the following verse from the Padma Purāṇa:
namaikaṁ yasya vāci smaraṇa-patha-gataṁ śrotra-mūlaṁ gataṁ vā
śuddhaṁ vā ’śuddha-varṇaṁ vyavahita-rahitaṁ tārayaty eva satyam
Even chanting purely or impurely one name of the Lord completely, entering the ear and penetrating the mind, will certainly deliver a person.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In this connection, Vidura, while trying to detach his elder brother, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, from his familial attachments, said, “My dear brother, you just fix your mind on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, who is worshiped with beautiful, erudite verses by great sages and saintly persons. Kṛṣṇa is the supreme deliverer among all deliverers. Undoubtedly there are great demigods like Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, but their positions as deliverers depend always upon the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.” Therefore Vidura advised his elder brother, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, to concentrate his mind and worship only Kṛṣṇa. If one simply chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, this holy name will rise within one’s heart like the powerful sun and will immediately dissipate all the darkness of ignorance. Vidura advised Dhṛtarāṣṭra to therefore think always of Kṛṣṇa, so that the volumes of contaminations due to sinful activities would be washed off immediately. In Bhagavad-gītā also Kṛṣṇa is addressed by Arjuna as paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitram [Bg. 10.12]—the supreme pure. There are many other instances exhibiting Kṛṣṇa’s supreme purity.