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
येषां जिह्वाग्रे हरिनामैव नास्ति येषां गात्रैर्नमनं नापि विष्णोः / येषां पद्भ्यां नास्ति हरेः प्रदक्षिणं तेषां सर्वं व्यर्थमाहुर्महान्तः
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.