यन्नाम श्रुतमनुकीर्तयेदकस्मा- दार्तो वा यदि पतित: प्रलम्भनाद्वा । हन्त्यंह: सपदि नृणामशेषमन्यं कं शेषाद्भगवत आश्रयेन्मुमुक्षु: ॥ ११ ॥
yan-nama srutam anukirtayed akasmad arto va yadi patitah pralambhanad va hanty amhah sapadi nrnam asesam anyam kam sesad bhagavata asrayen mumuksuh
- yat
- of whom
- nama
- the holy name
- srutam
- heard
- anukirtayet
- may chant or repeat
- akasmat
- by accident
- artah
- a distressed person
- va
- or
- yadi
- if
- patitah
- a fallen person
- pralambhanat
- out of joking
- va
- or
- hanti
- destroys
- amhah
- sinful
- sapadi
- that instant
- nrnam
- of human society
- asesam
- unlimited
- anyam
- of other
- kam
- what
- sesat
- than Lord Sesa
- bhagavatah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- asrayet
- should take shelter of
- mumuksuh
- anyone desiring liberation
Even if he be distressed or degraded, any person who chants the holy name of the Lord, having heard it from a bona fide spiritual master, is immediately purified. Even if he chants the Lord’s name jokingly or by chance, he and anyone who hears him are freed from all sins.