Vacya O Vacaka
Namastakam Song 6
vācya
o vācaka--dui swarūp tomār vācya--tava
śrī-vigraha cid-ānandākār
O Lord, You possess two transcendental forms, properly called vacya and vacaka. The vacya is Your beautiful form full of transcendental knowledge and bliss.
vācaka
swarūp tava `śrī-kṛṣṇa-ādi' nām varna-rūpī
sarva-jīva-ānanda-viśrām
The vacaka forms are Your holy names, such as Sri Krsna, etc. This transcendental sound form is the resting place of the bliss of all souls.
ei
dui swarūpe tava ananta prakāś doyā
kori' deya jīve tomāra vilās
Your unlimited manifestations are found in these two forms. Taking pity and being very kind, they confer upon the fallen souls entrance to Your divine pastimes.
kintu
jāniyāchi nātha vācaka-swarūp vācyāpekṣā
doyamoy, ei aparūp
But I have understood Your vacaka form to be more merciful than Your vacya form, O Lord. Thus do I find Your holy name most wonderful.
nāma
nāmī bheda nāi, vedera vacan tabu
nāma--nāmī ho'te adhika korun
It is the declaration of the Vedas that the holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent, yet still the holy name is more merciful than the Lord Himself.
kṛṣṇae-aparādhi
jadi nāme śraddhā kori' prāna
bhori' ḍāke nām--`rama, kṛṣṇa, hari',
If one is an offender to Lord Krsna but respects His holy name and calls out with all his heart and soul, "Rama!" "Krsna" "Hari" then all his offenses depart, and that person then swims without difficulty in the ocean of divine bliss and transcendental mellows.
aparādha
dūre jāy, ānanda-sāgare bhāse
sei anāyāse rasera pāthāre
If one is an offender to Lord Krsna but respects His holy name and calls out with all his heart and soul, "Rama!" "Krsna" "Hari" then all his offenses depart, and that person then swims without difficulty in the ocean of divine bliss and transcendental mellows.
vigraha-swarūp
vācye aparādha kori' śuddha-nāmāśraye
sei aparādhe tori'
A person may commit offenses to the vacya or the transcendental feature and personality of the Lord; but if he is under the shelter of the pure holy name, he crosses over all those offenses.
bhakativinoda
māge śrī-rūpa-caraṇe vācaka-swarūp
nāme rati anukṣane
At the lotus feet of Srila Rupa Goswami, Thakura Bhaktivinoda begs for constant attachment and love for the vacaka or divine holy name of the Supreme Lord.
Translation
O Lord, You possess two transcendental forms, properly called vacya and vacaka. The vacya is Your beautiful form full of transcendental knowledge and bliss.
The vacaka forms are Your holy names, such as Sri Krsna, etc. This transcendental sound form is the resting place of the bliss of all souls.
Your unlimited manifestations are found in these two forms. Taking pity and being very kind, they confer upon the fallen souls entrance to Your divine pastimes.
But I have understood Your vacaka form to be more merciful than Your vacya form, O Lord. Thus do I find Your holy name most wonderful.
It is the declaration of the Vedas that the holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent, yet still the holy name is more merciful than the Lord Himself.
If one is an offender to Lord Krsna but respects His holy name and calls out with all his heart and soul, "Rama!" "Krsna" "Hari" then all his offenses depart, and that person then swims without difficulty in the ocean of divine bliss and transcendental mellows.
If one is an offender to Lord Krsna but respects His holy name and calls out with all his heart and soul, "Rama!" "Krsna" "Hari" then all his offenses depart, and that person then swims without difficulty in the ocean of divine bliss and transcendental mellows.
A person may commit offenses to the vacya or the transcendental feature and personality of the Lord; but if he is under the shelter of the pure holy name, he crosses over all those offenses.