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amhah samharad akhilam sakrd

udayad eva sakala-lokasya

taranir iva timira-jaladhim

jayati jagan-mangalam harer nama

SYNONYMS

amhah—the resultant action of sinful life, which causes material bondage; samharat—completely eradicating; akhilam—all; sakrt—once only; udayat—by rising; eva—certainly; sakala—all; lokasya—of the people of the world; taranih—the sun; iva—like; timira—of darkness; jala-dhim—the ocean; jayati—all glories to; jagat-mangalam—auspicious for the whole world; hareh nama—the holy name of the Lord name of the Lord “As the rising sun immediately dissipates all the world’s darkness, which is deep like an ocean, so the holy name of the Lord, if chanted once without offenses, can dissipate all the reactions of a living being’s sinful life.

All glories to that holy name of the Lord, which is auspicious for the entire world.’ ”

PURPORT

This verse is found in the Padyavali (16).