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The Glories of Haridāsa Ṭhākura
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āji samāpta ha-ibe, —hena jñāna chila samasta rātri niluṅ nāma samāpta nā haila
SYNONYMS
āji —today;  samāpta ha-ibe —will be finished;  hena jñāna chila —I thought that;  samasta rātri —all night;  niluṅ —I took;  nāma —the holy name of the Lord;  samāpta —finished;  nā haila —was not.
TRANSLATION
“I thought that today I would be able to finish my performance of yajña, my chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. I tried my best to chant the holy name all night, but I still did not finish.”
TEXT 126
कालि समाप्त हवे, तवे हवे त्रत्यक्ष । अच्छन्मे तेमार समे हवेक सम ॥” २२७ ॥
kāli samāpta habe, tabe habe vrata-bhaṅga svacchande tomāra saṅge ha-ibeka saṅga’’
SYNONYMS
kāli —tomorrow;  samāpta habe —it will end;  tabe —at that time;  habe —there will be;  vrata-bhaṅga —the end of my vow;  svacchande —in full freedom;  tomāra saṅge —with you;  ha-ibeka —there will be;  saṅga —union.
TRANSLATION
“Tomorrow I will surely finish, and my vow will be fulfilled. Then it will be possible for me to enjoy with you in full freedom.”
PURPORT
Haridāsa Ṭhākura never wanted to enjoy the prostitute, but he tricked her to deliver her by giving her a chance to hear the holy name of the Lord while he chanted. Pure devotees chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra , and simply by hearing this chanting from a purified transcendental person, one is purified of all sinful activities, no matter how lowborn or fallen one may be. As soon as one is thus completely free from the reactions of sinful activities, he is eligible to render devotional service to the Lord. This is the process for engaging the fallen souls in devotional service. As Lord Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.28):