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The Subterranean Heavenly Planets
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yasya ha vāva kṣuta-patana-praskhalanādiṣu vivaśaḥ sakṛn nāmābhigṛṇan puruṣaḥ karma-bandhanam añjasā vidhunoti yasya haiva pratibādhanam mumukṣavo 'nyathaivopalabhante.
yasya —of whom;  ha vāva —indeed;  kṣuta —when in hunger;  patana —falling down;  praskhalana-ādiṣu —stumbling and so on;  vivaśaḥ —being helpless;  sakṛt —once;  nāma abhigṛṇan —chanting the holy name of the Lord;  puruṣaḥ —a person;  karma-bandhanam —the bondage of fruitive activity;  añjasā —completely;  vidhunoti —washes away;  yasya —of which;  ha —certainly;  eva —in this way;  pra-tibādhanam —the repulsion;  mumukṣavaḥ —persons desiring liberation;  anyathā —otherwise;  eva —certainly;  upalabhante —are trying to realize.
TRANSLATION
If one who is embarrassed by hunger or who falls down or stumbles chants the holy name of the Lord even once, willingly or unwillingly, he is immediately freed from the reactions of his past deeds. Karmīs entangled in material activities face many difficulties in the practice of mystic yoga and other endeavors to achieve that same freedom.
PURPORT
It is not a fact that one has to offer his material possessions to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and be liberated before he can engage in devotional service. A devotee automatically attains liberation without separate endeavors. Bali Mahārāja did not get back all his material possessions merely because of his charity to the Lord. One who becomes a devotee, free from material desires and motives, regards all opportunities, both material and spiritual, as benedictions from the Lord, and in this way his service to the Lord is never hampered.  Bhukti , material enjoyment, and  mukti , liberation, are only by-products of devotional service. A devotee need not work separately to attain  mukti . Śrīla Bilvamangala Thākura said,  muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjaliḥ sevate 'smān : a pure devotee of the Lord does not have to endeavor separately for  mukti , because  mukti  is always ready to serve him.