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

atha viśveśa viśvātman viśva-mūrte svakeṣu me sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi dṛḍhaṁ pāṇḍuṣu vṛṣṇiṣu

[SB 1.8.41]

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Translation. "O Lord of the universe, soul of the universe, O personality of the form of the universe, please, therefore, …

Prabhupāda:

atha viśveśa viśvātman viśva-mūrte svakeṣu me sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi dṛḍhaṁ pāṇḍuṣu vṛṣṇiṣu

[SB 1.8.41]

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harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā