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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

[SB 1.2.21]

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bhidyate---pierced; hṛdaya---heart; granthiḥ---knots; chidyante---cut to pieces; sarva---all; saṁśayāḥ---misgivings; kṣīyante---terminated; ca---and; asya---his; karmāṇi---chain of fruitive actions; dṛṣṭe---having seen; eva---certainly; ātmani---unto the …

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Prabhupāda:

[SB 1.2.21]

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