Text 108] Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya Offers Prasāda to the Lord
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PURPORT
The nine types of devotional service are mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.23):
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ 
    smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam 
    arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ 
    sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
iti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau 
    bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā 
    kriyeta bhagavaty addhā 
    tan manye 'dhītam uttamam
These are the activities of hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping, praying, obeying, maintaining friendship and surrendering everything. As far as chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is concerned, one can be freed from all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name without committing offenses. If one chants offenselessly, he may be saved from all sinful reactions. It is very important in devotional service to chant the holy name of the Lord without committing offenses. The nine devotional processes such as śravaṇa and kīrtana can all be attained at once if one simply chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly.
In this regard, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī states in his book  Bhakti-sandarbha  (173):  yadyapi anyā bhaktiḥ kalau kartavyā, tada kīrtanākhya-bhakti-saṁyogenaiva . Out of the nine processes of devotional service,  kīrtana  is very important. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī therefore instructs that the other processes, such as  arcana ,  vandana ,  dāsya  and  sakhya , should be executed, but they must be preceded and followed by  kīrtana , the chanting of the holy name. We have therefore introduced this system in all of our centers.  Arcana ,  ārati ,  bhoga  offering, Deity dressing and decoration are all preceded and followed by the chanting of the holy name of the Lord—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
TEXT 108
দীক্ষা-পুরশ্চর্যা-বিধি অপেক্ষা না করে ।
জিহ্বা-স্পর্শে আ-চণ্ডাল সবারে উদ্ধারে ॥ ১০৮ ॥
dīkṣā-puraścaryā-vidhi apekṣā nā kare 
    jihvā-sparśe ā-caṇḍāla sabāre uddhāre
SYNONYMS
dīkṣā —initiation;  puraścaryā —activities before initiation;  vidhi —regulative principles;  apekṣā —reliance on;  nā —not;  kare —does;  jihvā —the tongue;