42
The Nectar of Instruction
ceto-darpaņa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ śrevah-kairava-candrikā-vitaranaṁ vidyā-vadhū-
jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam pratipadam
p  û  n  am  t  as  v  adanam.
sarvātma-snapanam param vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-
sankirtanom
“All glories to the Śrī Kṛṣṇa  saṅkīrtana , which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This  saṅkīrtana  movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.”
Not only is the chanter of the  mahā-mantra  purified, but the heart of anyone who happens to hear the transcendental vibration of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare is also cleansed. Even the souls embodied in lower animals, insects, trees and other species of life also become purified and prepared to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious simply by hearing the transcendental vibration. This was explained by Thākura Haridāsa when Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired from him how living entities lower than human beings can be delivered from material bondage. Haridāsa Thākura said that the chanting of the holy names is so powerful that even if one chants in the remotest parts of the jungle, the trees and animals will advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness simply by