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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 24]
In this regard,  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Antya  3.177-188) describes Haridāsa Thākura's confirmation of the effect of chanting the holy name of the Lord.
keha bale  — ' nāma haite haya pāpa-kṣaya ' 
 keha bale  — ' nāma haite jīvera mokṣa haya '
Some say that by chanting the holy name of the Lord one is freed from all the reactions of sinful life, and others say that by chanting the holy name of the Lord one attains liberation from material bondage.
haridāsa kahena , — ' nāmera ei dui phala naya nāmera phale kṛṣṇa-pade prema upajaya '
Haridāsa Thākura, however, said that the desired result of chanting the holy name of the Lord is not that one is liberated from material bondage or freed from the reactions of sinful life. The actual result of chanting the holy name of the Lord is that one awakens his dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness, his loving service to the Lord.
ānuṣaṅgika phala nāmera  — ' mukti ', ' pāpa-nāśa ' 
 tāhāra dṛṣṭānta yaiche sūryera prakāśa
Haridāsa Thākura said that liberation and freedom from the reactions of sinful activities are only by-products of chanting the holy name of the Lord. If one chants the holy name of the Lord purely, he attains the platform of loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this regard Haridāsa Thākura gave an example comparing the power of the holy name to sunshine.
ei ślokera artha kara paṇḍitera gaṇa ' 
 sabe kahe , — ' tumi kaha artha-vivaraṇa '
He placed a verse before all the learned scholars present, but the learned scholars asked him to state the purport of the verse.
haridāsa kahena , — ' yaiche sūryera udaya udaya nā haite ārambhe tamera haya kṣaya '