The next day shortly after sandhyā, Vijaya and Vrajanātha came before the respected Bābājī, and having offered sāṣṭāṅga-daṇḍavat, they took their āsanas. Vijaya took the opportunity to humbly ask, “Prabhu, kindly have mercy upon us and tell us everything about nāmābhāsa-tattva. We are very anxious to know the secret of nāma-tattva.”
Bābājī answered, “You are very fortunate. If you want to understand nāma-tattva, you must understand three subject matters very well: nāma, nāmābhāsa and nāmāparādha. I have already explained so much about nāma and nāmāparādha, and now I will explain about nāmābhāsa, which means the semblance of śrī-nāma.”
Vijaya: What is nāmābhāsa, and how many kinds of ābhāsa are there?