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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
we beg Your pardon. My Lord, since You are supremely merciful and are always full of good qualities, please pardon us. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
Lord Yamarāja took upon himself the responsibility for the offense committed by his servants. If the servant of an establishment makes a mistake, the establishment takes responsibility for it. Although Yamarāja is above offenses, his servants, practically with his permission, went to arrest Ajāmila, which was a great offense. The  nyāya-śāstra  confirms,  bhṛtyāparādhe svāmino daṇḍaḥ : if a servant makes a mistake, the master is punishable because he is responsible for the offense. Taking this seriously, Yamarāja, along with his servants, prayed with folded hands to be excused by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.
TEXT 31
तस्मात् सङ्कीर्तनं विष्णोर्जगन्मङ्गलमहसाम् । महतामपि कौरव्य विद्ध्यैकान्तिकनिष्कृतम् ॥ ३१ ॥
tasmāt saṅkīrtanam viṣṇor jagan-maṅgalam aṁhasām mahatām api kauravya viddhy aikāntika-niṣkṛtam
tasmāt —therefore;  saṅkīrtanam —the congregational chanting of the holy name;  viṣṇoh —of Lord Viṣṇu;  jagat-maṅgalam —the most auspicious performance within this material world;  aṁhasām —for sinful activities;  mahatām api —even though very great;  kauravya —O descendant of the Kuru family;  viddhi —understand;  aikāntika —the ultimate;  niṣkṛtam —atonement.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the saṅkīrtana movement