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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 33]
TEXT 6
यन्नामधेयश्रवणानुकीर्तनाद्
यत्प्रहृणाद्यत्सरणादपि क्वचित्।
श्वादोऽपि सद्यः सवनाय कल्पते
कुतः पुनस्ते भगवन्नुदर्शनात् ॥ ६ ॥
yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād
yat-prahvaṇād yat-smaraṇād api kvacit
śvād● 'pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate
kutaḥ punas te bhagavan nu darśanāt
yat —of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  nāmadheya —the name;  śravaṇa —hearing;  anukīrtanāt —by chanting;  yat —to whom;  prahvaṇāt —by offering obeisances;  yat —whom;  smaraṇāt —by remembering;  api —even;  kvacit —at any time;  śva-adaḥ —a dog-eater;  api —even;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  savanāya —for performing Vedic sacrifices;  kalpate —becomes eligible;  kutaḥ —what to speak of;  punaḥ —again;  te —You;  bhagavan —O Supreme Personality of Godhead;  nu —then;  darśanāt —by seeing eye to eye.
TRANSLATION
To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme Person eye to eye, even a person born in the family of dog-eaters immediately becomes eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or chants about Him, hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers Him.
PURPORT
Herein the spiritual potency of chanting, hearing or remembering the holy name of the Supreme Lord is greatly stressed. Rūpa Gosvāmī has discussed the sequence of sinful activities of the conditioned soul, and he has established, in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu , that those who engage in devotional service become freed from the reactions of all sinful activities. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā . The Lord says that He takes charge of one who surrenders unto Him, and He makes him immune to all reactions to sinful activities. If by chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead one becomes so swiftly cleared of all reactions to