Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura said this sound vibration is not this material sound. Kṛṣṇa is not material sound. It is Kṛṣṇa, spiritual. Abhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ (CC Madhya 17.133). There is no difference between Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His holy name, Kṛṣṇa. There is no difference.
- nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś
- caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ
- pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto
- 'bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ
- (CC Madhya 17.133)
As Kṛṣṇa is pūrṇa, perfect, complete, śuddha, without any material contamination, pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya, eternal . . . Pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-muktaḥ. Mukta means not of this material world. Mukti means anything which does not belong to, in this material world. That is called mukti. So the holy name, chanting of holy name, if we act it properly, without any offense, then we are directly in connection with Kṛṣṇa. There is no doubt. Pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto 'bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ. And Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura therefore says that this holy name of Kṛṣṇa is imported from Goloka Vṛndāvana. It is not material sound. Golokera prema-dhana hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. It is not ordinary sound. Don't take it as ordinary. Śabde-sāmānya buddhir hari-nāmni. That is nārakī-buddhi. Just like to consider the Deity as made of stone, arcye viṣṇau śilā-dhīr guruṣu nara-matiḥ, to consider guru as ordinary human being, similarly, to think śabde-sāmānya buddhiḥ, the holy name of the Lord as ordinary sound vibration, that this . . . That is nārakī. That is not considered by spiritually enlightened persons.
But those who are rotting in hellish condition, for them these are the consideration. Patthar pūjke hari mile. They think that they are worshiping patthar. These rascal says, patthar pūjke hari mile to mai pūje pahāḍa. They think, he's such a rascal, he's thinking that the Deity is patthar, or stone. But it is not like that. It requires good brain to understand how Kṛṣṇa can appear in a form which can be seen by us, how Kṛṣṇa can appear in a form of sound which we can hear. It is for our benefit. Not that it is material.