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[Canto 7, Ch. 5]
holy name and thus become a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
It is recommended that even if one commits offenses, one should continue chanting the holy name. In other words, the chanting of the holy name makes one offenseless. In the book  Nāma-kaumudī  it is recommended that if one is an offender at the lotus feet of a Vaiṣṇava, he should submit to that Vaiṣṇava and be excused; similarly, if one is an offender in chanting the holy name, he should submit to the holy name and thus be freed from his offenses. In this connection there is the following statement, spoken by Dakṣa to Lord Śiva: “I did not know the glories of your personality, and therefore I committed an offense at your lotus feet in the open assembly. You are so kind, however, that you did not accept my offense. Instead, when I was falling down because of accusing you, you saved me by your merciful glance. You are most great. Kindly excuse me and be satisfied with your own exalted qualities.”
One should be very humble and meek to offer one’s desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such as  ayi mukta-kulair upāsya mānam  and  nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād . One should chant such prayers to become free from offenses at the lotus feet of the holy name.
(3)  Smaraṇam . After one regularly performs the processes of hearing and chanting and after the core of one’s heart is cleansed,  smaraṇam , remembering, is recommended. In  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (2.1.11) Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells King Parikṣit:
etan nirvidyamānānām icchatām akuto-bhayam yoginām nṛpa nirṇītam harer nāmānukīrtanam
“O King, for great  yogīs  who have completely renounced all material connections, for those who desire all material enjoyment and for those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord is recommended.” According to different relationships with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are varieties of  nāmānukīrtanam , chanting of the holy name, and thus according to different relationships and mellows there are five kinds of