Shloka 12
Bhadrā and Mitravindā: The Fruits of Namaskāra, Pradakṣiṇā, Hari-nāma, and Śravaṇa of Bhāgavata Kathā
येषां जिह्वाग्रे हरिनामैव नास्ति येषां गात्रैर्नमनं नापि विष्णोः / येषां पद्भ्यां नास्ति हरेः प्रदक्षिणं तेषां सर्वं व्यर्थमाहुर्महान्तः
yeṣāṃ jihvāgre harināmaiva nāsti yeṣāṃ gātrairnamanaṃ nāpi viṣṇoḥ / yeṣāṃ padbhyāṃ nāsti hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ teṣāṃ sarvaṃ vyarthamāhurmahāntaḥ
મહાપુરુષો કહે છે કે જેમની જીભ પર હરિનું નામ નથી, જેમનું શરીર વિષ્ણુને નમન નથી કરતું અને જેના પગ હરિની પ્રદક્ષિણા નથી કરતા, તેમનું બધું વ્યર્થ છે.
Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Devotion must engage speech (Hari-nāma), body (namana), and movement (pradakṣiṇā); without these, all religious claims become ‘vyartha’.
Vedantic Theme: Bhakti as integrative sādhana purifying vāk-kāya-manas; surrender expressed through embodied practices.
Application: Adopt a triad practice: daily nāma-japa, physical prostration/bowing, and pradakṣiṇā (in temple or around a home altar/Tulasī) with sincerity.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: emphasis on Viṣṇu-nāma and devotional acts as safeguards (general motif)
FAQs
This verse states that without Hari’s Name on one’s tongue—supported by reverence like bowing and pradakṣiṇā—one’s life-efforts are considered spiritually fruitless by the wise.
In the Preta Kanda’s ethical framework, devotion expressed through nāma, namana, and pradakṣiṇā is treated as a protective spiritual orientation; neglect of such God-centered practice is portrayed as leading to a wasted human birth and weaker spiritual support in post-death transitions.
Keep regular Hari-nāma japa, offer daily namaskāra to Viṣṇu (or a Viṣṇu form), and perform simple pradakṣiṇā in a temple or home shrine—making devotion embodied, not merely intellectual.