'Shri'     is the Bestower of good fortune. Here good fortune refers to a happy married life for which ample wealth is required. Wealth comes on its own to a devotee who unceasingly repeats ashtakshar mantra and he will not be required to engage in any efforts to obtain it himself. The reason for this is that Prabhu's devotees always are desire less, An apt example of this is in the account of Shri Maha Prabhuji's sevak Narayandas Brahmachari in which it is narrated that piles of money appeared in his home each night. Considering it to be impure dirt, he swept it out of the house in the morning and threw it away. From a worldly perspective, the pleasures of married life are considered to be the height of mundane pleasures and normally tremendous efforts are to be made to obtain them. One who ceaselessly repeats astakshar mantra, with no desire, will attain these pleasures just by the pronunciation of the letter 'Shri'.

'KRU'     The pronounciation of this letter absolves a soul of the most heinous sins. All the means for becoming purified of sins delineated in the scriptures are rigorous and require undergoing much hardship and physical strain. Entrance into the devotional path becomes possible only when all sins have been destroyed. There are three types of sins (1) committed by the body, (2) committed through speech and (3) committed mentally. Unceasingly repeating ashtakshar mantra as suggested by Shri Mahaprabhuji is an exceedingly simple means for removing all of the three above mentioned sins and the pronounciation of the letter will destroy them all.

'SHNA'     Human beings experience three types of sufferings (1) Adhibhautik (2) Adhyatmic and (3) Adhidaivik. On being relieved from these sufferings, the heart and mind becomes purified and then only Prabhu's seva and remembrance arises. Other than surrender, there is no means for purification. Pronunciation of this letter removes the three types of suffering, the heart and mind gets purified and pious inclination arises.

''SHA'     By pronouncing this letter one is liberated from the cycle of birth and death and moving repeatedly through the eighty four lakhs of species. By becoming freed from egotism and attachment, one is released from worldly bondage and becomes worthy for bhagavad attainment.

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