Chaya and Pratibimba are two types of Abhasa – Chaya Namabhasa
Chaya o pratibimba bhede abhasa dui prakara – chaya namabhasa
There are two types of abhasa[1]: pratibimba[2] and chaya[3]. These two types create sraddhabhasa[4]. These are all products of Your power of illusion, Maya.
Chaya-sraddhabhasa[5] produces chaya-namabhasa[6]. This namabhasa creates auspiciousness for the Jiva.
A reflected glimmer of the Holy Name
Pratibimba namabhasa
One who sees pure sraddha in other Jivas can attain sraddhabhasa within himself.
They may still desire bhoga[7] or moksa[8] and struggle day and night to obtain them.
External symptoms of sraddha may also be visible, but it is not a true sraddha. The Sastras say that this is pratibimba-sraddhabhasa.
Wherever there is pratibimba-sraddhabhasa, there will always be pratibimba-namabhasa.
The deception of Mayavada arises from Pratibimba Namabhasa
Pratibimba-namabhase mayavada kapatata utpanna kare
This kind of namabhasa leads to the wicked philosophy of mayavada by entering into which one becomes a cheater.
This deceptive Pratibimba Namabhasa is actually Namaparadha
Kapata pratibimba-namabhasa namaparadha
Anyone who thinks that the Holy Name is merely an instrument to achieve a higher eternal goal dishonors the glories of the Holy Name and this offense destroys him[9].
The difference between Chaya Namabhasa and Pratibimba Namabhasa
Chaya namabhasa o pratibimba-namabhasera bheda
Chaya-namabhasa comes only from ignorance, due to a state of hrdaya-daurbalya[10].
The Holy Name purifies all these defects. But pratibimba-namabhasa increases those defects.
[1] Glimmer.
[2] Reflection.
[3] Shadow.
[4] A glimpse of sraddha.
[5] A shadow of a glimmer of sraddha.
[6] A shadow of a glimmer of the Holy Name.
[7] Enjoyment of the senses.
[8] Liberation.
[9] The Holy Name is the end (sadhya) and only incidentally also the means (sadhana).
[10] Weakness of heart.
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