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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-lilā, Ch. 3]
meaning of “ hā rāma, hā rāma, ” they say those words in the course of their ordinary life. For the  yavanas  the words “ hā rāma ” mean “abominable,” whereas the devotee exclaims the words “ hā rāma ” in ecstatic love. Nevertheless, because the words “ hā rāma ” are the spiritual  summum bonum , the fact is the same, whether they are uttered by  yavanas  or by great devotees, just as fire is the same both for a child and for an elderly man. In other words, the holy name of the Lord, “ hā rāma, ” always acts, even when the holy names are chanted without reference to the Supreme Lord.  Yavanas  utter the holy name in a different attitude than devotees, but the holy name “ hā rāma ” is so powerful spiritually that it acts anywhere, whether one knows it or not. This is explained as follows.
TEXT 55
যত্নপি অন্য সঙ্কেতে অন্য হয় নামাভাস ।
তথাপি নামের তেজ না হয় বিনাশ ॥ ৫৫ ॥
yadyapi anya saṅkete anya haya nāmābhāsa tathāpi nāmera teja nā haya vināśa
SYNONYMS
yadyapi —although;  anya —another;  saṅkete —by intimation;  anya —that other;  haya —is;  nāma-ābhāsa —almost equal to the holy name;  tathāpi —still;  nāmera teja —the transcendental power of the holy name;  nā haya vināśa —is not destroyed.
TRANSLATION
Nāmācārya Haridāsa Thākura, the authority on the chanting of the holy name, said, “The chanting of the Lord’s holy name to indicate something other than the Lord is an instance of nāmābhāsa. Even when the holy name is chanted in this way, its transcendental power is not destroyed.
TEXT 56
দংষ্ট্রদংষ্ট্রাহতো ম্লেচ্ছো হা রামেতি পুনঃ পুনঃ ।
উক্তাপি মুক্তিমাপ্লোতি কিং পুনঃ শ্রদ্ধদ্বা গৃণন্ ॥৫৬॥
darṅṣṭri-darṅṣṭrāhato mleccho hā rāmeti punaḥ punaḥ uktvāpi muktim āpnoti kiṁ punaḥ śraddhayā gṛṇan