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name while one engages in sense gratification is an impediment on the path toward achieving ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. On the other hand, if one who is eager for devotional service utters the holy name even partially or improperly, the holy name, who is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exhibits its spiritual potency because of that person's offenseless utterance. Thus one is relieved from all unwanted practices, and one gradually awakens his dormant love for Kṛṣṇa.
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নামৈকং যশ্ন বাচি স্মরণপথগতং শ্রোত্রমূলং গতং বা 
  শুদ্ধং বাশুদ্ধবর্ণং ব্যবহিত-রহিতং তারয়ত্যেব সত্যম্। 
  তচ্চেদ্দেহ-দ্রবিণ-জনতা-লোভ-পায়-মধ্যে 
  নিক্ষিপ্তং স্তান্ন ফলজনকং শীঘ্রমেবাত্র বিপ্র ॥ ৬০ ॥
nāmaikaṁ yasya vāci smaraṇa-patha-gataṁ śrotra-mūlaṁ gataṁ vā 
  śuddhaṁ vāśuddha-varṇaṁ vyavahita-rahitaṁ tārayaty eva satyam 
  tac ced deha-draviṇa-janatā-lobha-pāṣaṇḍa-madhye 
  nikṣiptaṁ syān na phala-janakaṁ śīghram evātra vipra
SYNONYMS
nāma —the holy name;  ekam —once;  yasya —whose;  vāci —in the mouth;  smaraṇa-patha-gatam —entered the path of remembrance;  śrotra-mūlam gatam —entered the roots of the ears;  vā —or;  śuddham —pure;  vā —or;  aśuddha-varṇam —impurely uttered;  vyavahita-rahitam —without offenses or without being separated;  tārayati —delivers;  eva —certainly;  satyam —truly;  tat —that name;  cet —if;  deha —the material body;  draviṇa —material opulence;  janatā —public support;  lobha —greed;  pāṣaṇḍa —atheism;  madhye —toward;  nikṣiptam —directed;  syāt —may be;  na —not;  phala-janakam —producing the results;  śīghram —quickly;  eva —certainly;  atra —in this matter;  vipra —O  brāhmaṇa .
TRANSLATION
“‘If a devotee once utters the holy name of the Lord, or if it penetrates his mind or enters his ear, which is the channel of aural reception, that holy name will certainly deliver him from material bondage, whether vibrated properly or improperly, with correct or incorrect grammar, and properly joined or vibrated in separate parts. O  brāhmaṇa , the potency of the holy name is therefore certainly great. However, if one uses the vibration of the holy name for the benefit of the material body, for material wealth and followers, or under the influence of greed or atheism—in other words, if one utters the