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The Glories of Haridāsa Thākura
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tan nāma ced yadi dehādi-madhye nikṣiptaṁ—deha-bharaṇādy-artham eva vinyastam, tadāpi phala-janakaṁ na bhavati kim? api tu bhavaty eva, kintu atra iha loke śīghraṁ na bhavati, kintu vilambenaiva bhavatīty arthaḥ.
The holy name is so powerful that it must act, but when one utters the holy name with offenses, its action will be delayed, not immediate, although in favorable circumstances the holy names of the Lord act very quickly.
TEXT 61
নামাভাস হৈতে হয় সর্বপাপক্ষয় ॥ ৬১ ॥
nāmābhāsa haite haya sarva-pāpa-kṣaya
SYNONYMS
nāma-ābhāsa haite —from the vibration of  nāmābhāsa ;  haya —is;  sarva-pāpa —of all reactions to sins;  kṣaya —destruction.
TRANSLATION
Nāmācārya Haridāsa Thakura continued, “If one offenselessly utters the holy name even imperfectly, one can be freed from all the results of sinful life.
TEXT 62
তং নির্ব্যাজং ভজ গুণনিধে পাবনং পাবনানাং 
  শ্রদ্ধা-রঙ্যন্মতিরতিতরামৃত্তমঃশ্লোকমৌলিম্। 
  প্রোত্মস্তঃকরণকুহরে হস্ত যমামভানো- 
  রাভাদোহপি ক্ষপয়তি মহাপাতকধ্বাস্তরাশিম্ ॥ ৬২ ॥
taṁ nirvyājaṁ bhaja guṇa-nidhe pāvanaṁ pāvanānāṁ 
  śraddhā-rajyan-matir atitarām uttamaḥ-śloka-maulim 
  prodyann antaḥ-karaṇa-kuhare hanta yan-nāma-bhānor 
  ābhāso ‘pi kṣapayati mahā-pātaka-dhvānta-rāśim
SYNONYMS
tam —Him;  nirvyājam —without duplicity;  bhaja —worship;  guṇa-nidhe —O reservoir of all good qualities;  pāvanam —purifier;  pāvanānām —of all other purifiers;  śraddhā —with faith;  rajyat —being enlivened;  matiḥ —mind;  atitarām —exceedingly;  uttamaḥ-śloka-maulim —the best of the personalities who are worshiped by choice poetry or who are transcendental to all material positions;