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Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers
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Supreme Personality of Godhead;  guṇa —of the transcendental qualities;  karma-nāmnām —and of His names according to His activities and pastimes;  vikruśya —crying to without offense;  putram —his son;  aghavān —the sinful;  yat —since;  ajāmilaḥ api —even Ajāmila;  nārāyaṇa —the Lord's name, Nārāyaṇa;  iti —thus;  mriyamāṇaḥ —dying;  iyāya —achieved;  muktim —liberation.
TRANSLATION
Therefore it should be understood that one is easily relieved from all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name of the Lord and chanting of His qualities and activities. This is the only process recommended for relief from sinful reactions. Even if one chants the holy name of the Lord with improper pronunciation, he will achieve relief from material bondage if he chants without offenses. Ajāmila, for example, was extremely sinful, but while dying he merely chanted the holy name, and although calling his son, he achieved complete liberation because he remembered the name of Nārāyaṇa.
PURPORT
In the assembly of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī's father, Haridāsa Thākura confirmed that simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord one is liberated, even if he does not chant completely inoffensively.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Māyāvādīs  do not believe that one can achieve liberation in this way, but the truth of Haridāsa Thākura's statement is supported by many quotations from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam .
In his commentary on this verse, for example, Śrīdhara Śvāmī gives the following quotation:
sāyaṁ prātar gṛṇan bhaktyā duḥkha-grāmād vimucyate
“If one always chants the holy name of the Lord with great devotion in the evening and in the morning, one can become free from all material miseries.” Another quotation confirms that one can achieve liberation if one hears the holy name of the Lord constantly, every day with great respect ( anudinam idam ādareṇa śṛṇvan ). Another quotation says: