Chanting makes you Fearless

Verse 1.1.14: Very very nice shloka. Srimad Bhagavatam is offering a solution to the people of how to become fearless. Today everyone is so scared. With material assets, we think we become happy and secure. But if we see carefully, people who are financially well-off are also scared, are also stressed out. Because life means hankering for new things and the fear of losing it out. Basically fear means a symptom of mind, a diseased state of mind.

For a counter example Srila Prabhupada, came to America with almost nothing, just Rs. 40, but he was fearless. He was propagating this message to fanatics, but he was fearless, because he had sufficiently chanted the Holy Name, he knew Krishna will protect all the time.

Honestly, when we genuinely chant Hare Krishna Mahamantra, we will see the same quality in us. Earlier we used to be so afraid, but now there will be no fear.

So how do we become fearless. Chant the name of Krishna, then we become fearless. Even fear personified is scared of Krishna. That's why anybody who takes shelter of Krishna, they become fearless. Bajahure mana srinanda nandana abhaya caranaaravindare. O mind, please chant the glories of Krishna, and by taking shelter of Krishna's name, then there is no fear.

For example, with children, parents are always worried about them. Similarly when we are ageing we are worried that we are losing the zeal. Bodily conceptions. But when we genuinly chant, we lose all this fear. Of course we do not chant to become fearless, we want to chant to only please Krishna.