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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.33
ekāvrittyā tu krishnasya
nāmaikam tat prayacchati
SYNONYMS
sahasra-nāmnām — of one thousand names; punyānām — holy; trih-āvrittyā — by thrice chanting; tu — but; yat — which; phalam — result; eka-āvrittyā — by one repetition; tu — but; krishnasya — of Lord Krishna; nāma — holy name; ekam — only one; tat — that result; prayacchati — gives.
TRANSLATION
"'The pious results derived from chanting the thousand holy names of Vishnu three times can be attained by only one utterance of the holy name of Krishna.'
PURPORT
This verse from the Brahmānda Purāna is found in the Laghu-bhāgavatāmrita (1.5.354), by Rūpa Gosvāmī. Simply by chanting the name of Krishna once, one can attain the same results achieved by chanting the holy name of Rāma three times.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness