Simply chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities

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Adi 8.26 T The Author Receives the Orders of Krsna and Guru

'eka' krsna-name kare sarva-papa nasa

premera karana bhakti karena prakasa

 

SYNONYMS

 

eka--one; krsna-name--by chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna;

kare--makes; sarva--all; papa--sinful life; nasa--exhausted; premera--of

love of Godhead; karana--cause; bhakti--devotional service; karena--becomes;

prakasa--manifest.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Simply chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra without offenses vanquishes

all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of

love of Godhead, becomes manifest.

 

PURPORT

 

One cannot be situated in the devotional service of the Lord unless one

is free from sinful life. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (7.28):

 

yesam tv anta-gatam

papam jananam punya-karmanam

te dvandva-moha-nirmukta

bhajante mam drdha-vratah

 

"Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and

whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the duality of

delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination." A

person who is already cleansed of all tinges of sinful life engages without

deviation or duality of purpose in the transcendental loving service of the

Lord. In this age, although people are greatly sinful, simply chanting the

Hare Krsna maha-mantra can relieve them from the reactions of their sins.

Eka krsna-name: only by chanting Krsna's name is this possible. This is also

confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam (kirtanad eva krsnasya). Caitanya Mahaprabhu

has also taught us this. While passing on the road, He used to chant:

 

KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HE

KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HE

 

KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA RAKSA MAM

KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA PAHI MAM

 

RAMA RAGHAVA RAMA RAGHAVA RAMA RAGHAVA RAKSA MAM

KRSNA KESAVA KRSNA KESAVA KRSNA KESAVA PAHI MAM

 

If one always chants the holy name Krsna, gradually one is freed from all

reactions of sinful life, provided he chants offenselessly and does not

commit more sinful activities on the strength of chanting the Hare Krsna

mantra. In this way one is purified, and his devotional service causes the

arousal of his dormant love of God. Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra

and not committing sinful activities and offenses, one's life is purified,

and thus one comes to the fifth stage of perfection, or engagement in the

loving service of the Lord (prema pum-artho mahan).