140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16

na hi bhagavann aghatitam idam
tvad-darsanaén nrnam akhila-pépa-ksayah
yan-nama sakre chravanat
pukkaso ‘pi vimucyate sarnsarat

na—not; hi—indeed; bhagavan—O my Lord; aghatitam—not oc-
curred; idam—this; tvat—of You; darsanat—by seeing; nrnam—of all
human beings; akhila—all; padpa—of sins; ksayah—annihilation; yat-
nama—whose name; sakrt—only once; sravanat—by hearing; puk-
kasah—the lowest class, the candala; api—also; vimucyate—is
delivered; sarisGrat—from the entanglement of material existence.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, it is not impossible for one to be immediately freed
from all material contamination by seeing You. Not to speak of
seeing You personally, merely by hearing the holy name of Your
Lordship only once, even candalas, men of the lowest class, are
freed from all material contamination. Under the circumstances,
who will not be freed from material contamination simply by
seeing You?

PURPORT

As stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.5.16), yan-nama-sruti-
matrena puman bhavati nirmalah: simply by hearing the holy name of
the Lord, one is immediately purified. Therefore, in this age of Kali,
when all people are very contaminated, the chanting of the holy name of
the Lord is recommended as the only means of improvement.

harer naéma harer naéma
harer namaiva kevalam

kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is
the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There
is no other way. There is no other way.” (Brhan-naradiya Purana) Sri
