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So vivaśaḥ: "Somehow or other, he has chanted the holy name of Hari."

"There was no intention of chanting the holy name of Hari, but even though consciously or unconsciously he has chanted the holy name of Hari, therefore he is now free."

Now, we have to note this important thing, that the powerful hari-nāma is so strong that even one unconsciously

So Śrīdhara Svāmī says that "This chanting of holy name of Nārāyaṇa, Hari, is not only counteracting

Eka hari-nāme yata pāpa hare, pāpī haya tata pāpa karibāre nare. man is very expert in committing sinful activities, but here is a statement that the holy name of Hari even an expert criminal cannot commit as much sinful activity as by once chanting the holy name of Hari

One who thinks like that, that hari-nāma has not so much power that it can counteract, they are offender

This is a quotation from smṛti-śāstra that sakṛd uccaritaṁ yena hari iti akṣara-dvayam. If anyone simply chants these two alphabets, ha, ri—hari—then baddha-parikaras tena mokṣaya gamanaṁ pratiti