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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
sinful Ajāmila chanted only to call his son, not knowing that he was chanting the Lord's holy name. Nevertheless, by chanting the holy name of the Lord, he remembered Nārāyaṇa, and thus he was immediately saved from the ropes of death.
PURPORT
There is no need to conduct research into the significance of the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra . The history of Ajāmila is sufficient proof of the power of the Lord's holy name and the exalted position of a person who chants the holy name incessantly. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised:
harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
In this age of Kali, no one can perform all the ritualistic ceremonies for becoming liberated; that is extremely difficult. Therefore all the  śāstras  and all the  ācāryas  have recommended that in this age one chant the holy name.
TEXT 24
एतावतालमघनिर्हरणाय पुंसां सङ्कीर्तनं भगवतो गुणकर्मनाम्नाम् । विक्रुश्य पुत्रमघवान् यदजामिलोऽपि नारायणेति प्रियमाणश्याय मुक्तिम् ॥२४॥
etāvatālam agha-nirharaṇāya puṅsāṁ saṅkīrtanaṁ bhagavato guṇa-karma-nāmnām vikruśya putram aghavān yad ajāmilo 'pi nārāyaṇeti mriyamāṇa iyāya muktim
etāvatā —with this much;  alam —sufficient;  agha-nirharaṇāya —for taking away the reactions of sinful activities;  puṅsām —of human beings;  saṅkīrtanam —the congregational chanting;  bhagavataḥ —of the