In plain words
By the time the husband woke, the auspicious music was playing in front of the house. She had tied banana plants at the doorway. The wife was going round the whole house, leaping and leaping with joy; the husband asked. ‘What festival is it today? Why are you so cheerful?’ When he asked this, she could not contain herself and fell at his feet. My God is an Ocean of mercy, a Treasure of compassion. He has heard my prayer. Today the answer to my prayer has come from you. What is that answer? Last night, in your sleep, ‘Rāmā! Rāmā!’ you said, chanting the Name of Rāma. In all these years I have never heard from your lips the Names Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Govinda. Then I thought you might at least, if made to, chant God's Name in front of others; I did not hear even that. Last night you uttered ‘Rāmā!’ with awareness. The very Name of Rāma you uttered has given me this much joy. It has filled me with this much eagerness. Unable to contain this, I long to feed many people and taste the joy of it. The husband was stunned. ‘What is this! Has the Name of Rāma gone out of me? All this time I guarded it so carefully. I kept Him bound within my heart. Has Rāma fallen out of my heart in the night!’ he said, and gave up his life. So even among those called pravāha devotees, there are great souls in the world who, though they do not utter the Name outwardly, physically, install it in the heart and enjoy Ānanda.
The Thought of Hari, Always and at All Times
But when young people chant the Name of God, take part in nagarasaṅkīrtana and sing bhajans, some elders too are astonished to see it. ‘Why this chanting of God's Name at so young an age? Once you have worked at a job and retired, there will be all the time this needs. You could do sādhana of this kind then and remember God, couldn't you!’ So they say. Is there a set time or occasion for chanting this Name of God? ‘Sarvadā sarvakāleṣu haricintanaṃ.’