Baal Kaanda
11 - Salutations to and the glory of the Name
Chaupais
Description
Both the letter-sounds are sweet and attractive; they are the two eyes, as it were, of the Alphabet and the very life of the devotee. Easy to remember and delightful to one and all, they bring gain here and provide sustenance hereafter. They are most delightful to utter, hear and remember and are dear as Rama and Laksmana to Tulasidasa. When treated separately, the two letters lose their harmony (i.e., are differently pronounced, bear diverse meaning in the form of seed-letters and as such yield different results); whereas they are naturally allied even as Brahma (the Cosmic Spirit) and Jiva (the individual soul) Good brothers like the divine sages Nara and Narayana, they are sustainers of the universe and redeemers of the devotee in particular. They are beautiful ornaments for the ears of the fair damsel in the form of Bhakti (Devotion) and stand as the spotless sun and moon for the good of the world.They are like the taste and the gratifying quality of nectar in the form of emancipation, and are supporters of the globe like the divine Tortoise* and the serpent-god Sesa. Again, they are like bees for the beautiful lotus in the shape of the devotee's mind and are the very like of Hari (Sri Krsna) and Haladhara (Balarama, who wielded a plough as a weapon) for Yasoda (Their foster- mother, the wife of Nanda) in the shape of the tongue.(1-4)