साङ्केत्यं पारिहास्यं वा स्तोभं हेलनमेव वा । वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणमशेषाघहरं विदु: ॥ १४ ॥
sanketyam parihasyam va stobham helanam eva va vaikuntha-nama-grahanam asesagha-haram viduh
- sanketyam
- as an assignation
- parihasyam
- jokingly
- va
- or
- stobham
- as musical entertainment
- helanam
- neglectfully
- eva
- certainly
- va
- or
- vaikuntha
- of the Lord
- nama-grahanam
- chanting the holy name
- asesa
- unlimited
- agha-haram
- neutralizing the effect of sinful life
- viduh
- advanced transcendentalists know.
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.