यथागदं वीर्यतममुपयुक्तं यदृच्छया । अजानतोऽप्यात्मगुणं कुर्यान्मन्त्रोऽप्युदाहृत: ॥ १९ ॥
yathagadam viryatamam upayuktam yadrcchaya ajanato ’py atma-gunam kuryan mantro ’py udahrtah
- yatha
- just like
- agadam
- medicine
- virya-tamam
- very powerful
- upayuktam
- properly taken
- yadrcchaya
- somehow or other
- ajanatah
- by a person without knowledge
- api
- even
- atma-gunam
- its own potency
- kuryat
- manifests
- mantrah
- the Hare Krsna mantra
- api
- also
- udahrtah
- chanted.
If a person unaware of the effective potency of a certain medicine takes that medicine or is forced to take it, it will act even without his knowledge because its potency does not depend on the patient’s understanding. Similarly, even though one does not know the value of chanting the holy name of the Lord, if one chants knowingly or unknowingly, the chanting will be very effective.