{"id":74587,"date":"2025-07-02T04:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=74587"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:25:19","slug":"the-second-namaparadha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-second-namaparadha\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Namaparadha"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The second namaparadha is described as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

guror avajna sruti-sastra-nindanam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

tathartha-vadah hari-namni kalpanam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In this material world, the holy name of Visnu bestows all blessings. Visnu’s name, form, qualities and pastimes are all made of absolute transcendental knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if you try to separate God’s Absolute Personality from His holy name or transcendental form, from His qualities and pastimes by thinking of them as material, this is offensive. Similarly, to think that the names of demigods such as Siva are on the same level as the name of Sri Visnu – or in other words, to think that Siva and other demigods are other forms of God and therefore equal to Visnu – is blasphemous. This is the second offense against the lotus feet of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n



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The second namaparadha is described as follows: sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah guror avajna sruti-sastra-nindanam tathartha-vadah hari-namni kalpanam In this material world, the holy name of Visnu bestows all blessings. … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":74588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-74587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-bhajana-rahasya-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 13:19:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}