Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.2.14

sāńketyaḿ pārihāsyaḿ vā

stobhaḿ helanam eva vā

vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇam

aśeṣāgha-haraḿ viduḥ

SYNONYMS

sāńketyam — as an assignation; pārihāsyam — jokingly; vā — or; stobham — as musical entertainment; helanam — neglectfully; eva — certainly; vā — or; vaikuṇṭha — of the Lord; nāma-grahaṇam — chanting the holy name; aśeṣa — unlimited; agha-haram — neutralizing the effect of sinful life; viduḥ — advanced transcendentalists know.

TRANSLATION

One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly [to indicate something else], jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures.

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