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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 3]
TEXT 176
তিন-লক্ষ নাম ঠাকুর করেন কীর্তন । নামের মহিমা উঠাইল পণ্ডিতগণ ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
tina-lakṣa nāma ṭhākura karena kīrtana nāmera mahimā uṭhāila paṇḍita-gaṇa
SYNONYMS
tina-lakṣa —300,000;  nāma —holy names of the Lord;  ṭhākura —Haridāsa Ṭhākura;  karena kīrtana —used to chant;  nāmera —of the holy name;  mahimā —glories;  uṭhāila —raised;  paṇḍita-gaṇa —all the learned scholars.
TRANSLATION
It was mentioned in the assembly that Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanted the holy names of Kṛṣṇa 300,000 times a day. Thus all the learned scholars began to discuss the glories of the holy name.
TEXT 177
কেহ বলে,—‘নাম হৈতে হয় পাপক্ষয়’ । কেহ বলে,—‘নাম হৈতে জীবের মোক্ষ হয় ॥’ ১৭৭ ॥
keha bale, —‘nāma haite haya pāpa-kṣaya’ keha bale, —‘nāma haite jīvera mokṣa haya’
SYNONYMS
keha bale —some of them said;  nāma haite —by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra ;  haya —there is;  pāpa-kṣaya —disappearance of all reactions to sinful activities;  keha bale —some of them said;  nāma haite —by chanting the holy name;  jīvera —of the living entities;  mokṣa haya —there is liberation.
TRANSLATION
Some of them said, “By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one is freed from the reactions of all sinful life.” Others said, “Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, a living being is liberated from material bondage.”
TEXT 178
হরিদাস কহেন,— “নামের এই দুই ফল ময় । নামের ফলে কৃষ্ণপদে প্রেম উপজয় ॥ ১৭৮ ॥