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

09-10-2000, 04:31 AM

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).