Pronouncein God's Name Out of Reflex Action
Pronouncing God’s Name out of Reflex Action
“The name of God does not come out of reflex action”—experience seems to say.
Suppose you accidentally fall or slip from somewhere out of carelessness, or something bites you, or you accidentally come into contact with something extremely hot and get hurt. Observe what you spontaneously utter from your mouth following such an accident.
Is it the name of God? If it is, you are certainly a blessed one. Generally, people are not seen remembering God or His name when they happen to come across such types of unexpected accidents occurring with them.
In the Sixth Skandha of the Shrimad Bhagavatam, we find a shloka which says that if anyone, even out of fear during such an accident, pronounces the name of Hari, the person doing so, without any forethought, secures proximity to the Lord after leaving this mundane world.
Here is the shloka—
पतितः स्खलितो भग्नः संदष्टस्तप्त आहतः।
हरिरित्यवशेनाह पुमान्नार्हति यातनाम्॥
जब मनुष्य गिरते समय, पैर फिसलते समय, अंग-भंग होने के समय, साँप के डसने के समय, आग में जलते तथा चोट लगते समय भी विवशता से ‘हरि-हरि’ कहकर भगवान के नाम का उच्चारण कर लेता है, वह यम-यातना का पात्र नहीं रह जाता।
लेकिन मैंने पाया है कि मेरे मुँह से लगभग ऐसा नहीं निकल पाता है।
~R.R.P.
13.09.2026.
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