80 The Nectar of Devotion

of the resultant actions of sinful activities from many, many births.”
That is a fact. There is the following statement in Caitanya-
Caritamrta: “A person who chants the holy name of Krsna once can
counteract the resultant actions of more sinful activities than he is
able to perform.” A sinful man can perform many, many sinful activi-
ties, but he is unable to perform so many that they cannot be
wiped out by one single uttering of “Krsna.”

In the Seventh Canto, 9th Chapter, 17th verse, of Srimad-
Bhagavatam, Maharaj Prahlada offers the following prayers to the
Lord: “‘My dear Lord Nrsimha, if I can be elevated to the position of
Your servant, then it will be possible for me to hear about Your ac-
tivities. You are the supreme friend, the supreme worshipable Deity.
Your pastimes are transcendental, and simply by hearing of them one
can counteract all his sinful activities. Therefore, I shall not care for
all those sinful activities because simply by hearing about Your pas-
times I shall get out of all the contamination of material attach-
ment.”

There are many songs about the Lord’s activities. For example,
there is the Brahma-samhita, sung by Lord Brahma, Narada-
pajicaratra, sung by Narada Muni, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, sung by
Sukadeva Gosvami. If these songs are heard by any person, he can
easily get out of the clutches of material contamination. There should
be no difficulty in hearing these songs of God. They are coming
down from many, many millions of years ago, and people are still
taking advantage of them. So why, at this time, should one not take
full advantage and thus become liberated?

Glorifying the Lord’s Transcendental Activities

In the First Canto, 5th Chapter, 22nd verse, of the Srimad-
Bhagavatam, Narada Muni tells his disciple, Vyasadeva, ‘““My dear
Vyasa, you should know that persons who are engaged in executing
austerities and penances, studying the Vedas, performing big sacri-
fices, chanting the hymns of the Vedas, speculating on transcendental
knowledge and performing charitable functions have for all their
