counted as a means, it is nevertheless eternally the principal means. All subhakarmas are always considered to be only secondary means. Once this point is clearly understood, the difference between the holy name and subhakarma will automatically become manifest. The scriptural verdict is that the holy name is the essence, and it is thus incomparable to any subhakarma. One who chants with a pure heart experiences how divine bliss enters his heart and makes it soar with sublime delight. This is the essential nature of the holy name. Even the bliss of realizing the pure self is not on this level.

The joy of sayujya muti is a mere shadow

"The state of joy experienced in Brahman realization or sayujya liberation is merely the cessation of material suffering. The unlimited abundance of sublime bliss in the holy name of the Lord is far greater than anything.

"The wonderful quality of the holy name is that during the sadhana (practice) period it is the means, and in the perfected stage, it is the ultimate goal. Even while being utilized as the means, the holy name always remains the goal.

Just as there is no perfectly simple way to explain a complex principle of physics or biochemistry to a layman, so there is no perfectly simple way to explain the subtle material technology known to the yogis.
Siddhaswarupanda

This cannot be said of other subhakarmas, which are all mundane.activities. The holy name is purely spiritual, self-manifest out of divine goodness. Even during the practice of sadhana, the holy name is situated in pure goodness; the sadhaka's imperfections and anarthas only seem to color it.

"The holy name must be chanted in the association of sadhus, then all the material inebrieties and anarthas disappear, being replaced by the pure name of Krsna. The practice of any subhakarma must be discarded upon attainment of the shelter of the ultimate destination; but chanters never have to give up the holy name, they simply chant the pure name in theperfected stage. The Lord's holy name is diametrically opposite in nature to the mundane subhakarma activities. In the sadhana stage, the devotee should, by the grace of his spiritual master and on the basis of Vedic proofs, comprehend the difference between the holy name and subhakarma.