![]() ![]() For example, if you were born on the 11th of a month, your root number would be 1+1, i.e. ![]() The Root Number can be anything from 1 to 9. Thus, the benefits of chanting ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ are immeasurable.After converting the date you were born during any month into one unit number, it is your Root Number. When I was fortunate to listen to the Lord’s name once again in this human birth, I got enlightened and my heart brims with devotion for the Lord”. Listening to the name once again, I am now born as the prince. You chanted the divine name in my ears and I took a higher birth as a calf. The boy said, “Oh the honored sage, I am indeed blessed. It was from the child that sage Narad learnt about the benefits of chanting the Lord’s name. 7 / 7 The benefits of ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ It spoke to sage Narad like a grown up man. To his surprise, the child got up and sat in the cradle. Sage Narad chanted ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ in the ears of the infant with a throbbing heart. The king was more than pleased to show the new born prince to the renowned sage and seek his blessings. He visited the palace and was greeted with a big fanfare by the King. Sage Narad did not have any other alternative than to follow the Lord’s orders. The Lord was firm in his stand and would insist that Narad followed his command. Narad pleaded the Lord to spare his life from the dire consequences of killing the prince of the kingdom. He feared the dire consequences that might follow and he backed from the proposal saying the Lord what would happen if the same thing continued with the prince. He asked sage Narad to visit the palace of a king and utter the divine name in the ears of the new born prince. Narad’s confusion grew and he casted a strange look at the Lord intending to know what he really meant. The sage followed the divine command and approached the calf with the divine name only to see that the calf fell down dead at once hearing the sage chant ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’. With a smile on his face, Lord Narayan now asked the sage to utter the divine name in the ears of a calf. Narad was perplexed to see what happened. Shockingly, the butterfly fell down dead at once after listening to the divine name. Sage Narad complied with the Lord’s command and whispered ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ to be heard by the butterfly. Lord Narayana instructed Narad to approach a butterfly flapping its wings so merrily and chant the divine name near it. Instead of answering his question in theory, the Lord Preferred to give a practical class to his beloved devotee. Narad asked the Lord, what the benefit of chanting ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ was. The sage replied “yes” and described his doubt to the Lord. When the sage visited Vaikunt, Lord Narayan looked at him and asked if something was troubling his mind. As he appeared confused and intrigued by his doubt, he looked serious. Once sage Narad developed a doubt in his mind. Round the clock, the immortal sage is seen chanting the name ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ without a moment’s break for ages and ages. ![]() Sage Narad is a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Here is an interesting story from mythology that highlights the greatness of the mantra ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’. Starting from material needs, this mantra can confer anything and everything that the devotees pray for including the highest attainment namely liberation. ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ is a famous name of Lord Vishnu chanted by millions down the ages. Lord Narayana is the protector and the Supreme Godhead according to Hinduism. “In the age of Kali chanting the divine name of the Lord is the royal road to liberation”, say a number of scriptures in Hinduism. 1 / 7 Lord Narayana is the protector and the Supreme Godhead
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