Text 21]
The Subterranean Heavenly Planets
395
Haridāsa Thākura said that as the sun begins to rise, it dissipates the darkness of night, even before the sunshine is visible.
caura-preta-rākṣasādira bhaya haya nāśa udaya haile dharma-karma-ādi parakāśa
Before the sunrise even takes place, the light of dawn destroys the fear of the dangers of the night, such as disturbances by thieves, ghosts and Rākṣasas, and when the sunshine actually appears, one engages in his duties.
aiche nāmodayārambhe pāpa-ādira kṣaya udaya kaile kṛṣṇa-pade haya premodaya
Similarly, even before one's chanting of the holy name is pure, one is freed from all sinful reactions, and when he chants purely he becomes a lover of Kṛṣṇa.
‘mukti’ tuccha-phala haya nāmābhāsa haite ye mukti bhakta nā laya, se kṛṣṇa cāhe dite’’
A devotee never accepts  mukti , even if Kṛṣṇa offers it.  Mukti , freedom from all sinful reactions, is obtained even by  nāmābhāsa , or a glimpse of the light of the holy name before its full light is perfectly visible.
The  nāmābhāsa  stage is between that of  nāma-aparādha , or chanting of the holy name with offenses, and pure chanting. There are three stages in chanting the holy name of the Lord. In the first stage, one commits ten kinds of offenses while chanting. In the next stage,  nāmābhāsa , the offenses have almost stopped, and one is coming to the platform of pure chanting. In the third stage, when one chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  without offenses, his dormant love for Kṛṣṇa immediately awakens. This is the perfection.
TEXT 21
तद्भक्तानामात्मवतां सर्वेषामात्मन्यात्मद आत्मतयैव ॥२१॥
tad bhaktānām ātmavatāṁ sarveṣām ātmany ātmada ātmatayaiva.