sadācāraṁ vinā pāpena citte maline sati bhaktau pravṛttir api na syād |
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta-ṭīkā: 2.3.171)
“Without sadācāra, when the mind is contaminated by pāpa, then even inclination for bhakti cannot come about.”
rudanti pātakāḥ sarve niśvasanti muhur muhuḥ |
hāhā-kṛtvā palāyanti jagannāthānna-bhakṣaṇāt ||
(Unknown Source)
“All sins cry, pant, wail, and flee from eating the food of Jagannātha.”
yasya nāmnā vinaśyanti mahāpātaka-rāśayaḥ |
tasya śrī-kṛṣṇa-devasya vayam ucchiṣṭa-bhojinaḥ ||
ucchiṣṭa-bhojinas tasya vayam adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ |
yo bālya-līlayā tāṁs tān pūtanādīn apātayat ||
(Unknown source: cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 9.353–4)
“Śrī Kṛṣṇadeva, he by whose name heaps of the most severe sins are completely destroyed—we are partakers of his remnants. We are partakers of the remnants of he of astonishing acts who within his childhood līlā felled those such as Pūtanā.”
brahma-hatyā surāpānaṁ steyaṁ gurv-aṅganāgamaḥ |
mahānti pātakāny āhuḥ saṁsargaś cāpi taiḥ saha ||
(Manu Smṛti: 11.54)
“Killing a brāhmaṇa, drinking wine, stealing, and intercourse with the guru’s wife are called extreme sins (mahāpātakas), as is association with them [i.e., with persons who commit them].”
yad adharma-kṛtaḥ sthānaṁ sūcakasyāpi tad bhavet |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.17.22)
“A performer of adharma’s future destination [i.e., Naraka] shall become that of an informer as well [i.e., even one who only speaks about another person performing an act of adharma also gets a share of the reaction for performing that act of adharma even though one has only spoken of the performer of it and not performed the action oneself].”
puṇyāraṇye nṛsiṁhaika-nāma-siṁho virājate |
yan-nādataḥ palāyante mahākalmaṣa-kuñjarāḥ ||
(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.1.1)
“In the forest of good fortune resides a lion named Nṛsiṁha from whose roar the elephants of enormous sins flee.”
nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ yasya sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam |
praṇāmo duḥkha-śamanas taṁ namāmi hariṁ param ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.13.23)
“I offer obeisance unto him, Hari, the Supreme, the chanting of whose name destroys all sin, and offering obeisance unto whom quells all suffering.”
prabhu kahe—ihā haite yāha vṛndāvana |
nirantara kara kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana ||
eka nāmābhāse tomāra pāpa-doṣa yābe |
āra nāma haite kṛṣṇa-caraṇa pāibe ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.198–199)
“Prabhu said [to Subuddhi Rāya], ‘Go from here to Vṛndāvana, and always engage in saṅkīrtana of Kṛṣṇa’s name. By one [instance of] nāmābhāsa, the plight of your pāpa will go away, and through the name you will attain Kṛṣṇa’s feet.’”
sarveṣām apy aghavatām idam eva suniṣkṛtam |
nāma-vyāharaṇaṁ viṣṇor yatas tad-viṣayā matiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.2.10)
“This utterance of the name of Viṣṇu is the best means of atonement even for all [types of] sinners because one [i.e., anyone who utters his name] becomes an object of his attention.”
