मम नामानि लोकेऽस्मिन् श्रद्धया यस्तु कीर्तयेत् ।
तस्यापराधकोटीस्तु क्षमाम्येव न संशयः ॥
mama nāmāni loke’smin śraddhayā yas tu kīrtayet |
tasyāparādha-koṭīs tu kṣamāmy eva na saṁśayaḥ ||
(Viṣṇu-yāmala; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.375; Bhakti Sandarbha: 265; Krama-sandarbha-ṭikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.1.11)
“I certainly forgive even crores of offenses (aparādhas) of someone in this world who can chant my names with śraddhā. There is no doubt [about this].”
Commentary
evaṁ vihitākaraṇa-niṣiddhācaraṇa-jātākhila-pāponmūlana-rūpa-māhātmyaṁ likhitam | tac ca pāpaṁ kathañcid bhagavad-āśrayaṇād api vinaśyaty eva | yac ca śrī-bhagavati tan-nāmi cāparādha-rūpaṁ parama-mahā-pātakaṁ, tad api nāma-kīrtanāt kṣīyata iti māhātmya-viśeṣaṁ likhati—mameti | avaśya-bhogyasyāpi nāmāparādhasya kṣamāyāṁ pūrva-likhita eva siddhānto draṣṭavyaḥ |
(Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā)
“In this way [i.e., in the verses cited earlier] the greatness [of nāma-kīrtana] in the form of eradicating all the sin produced by not doing what is enjoined and by doing what is forbidden has been described. Furthermore, sin is destroyed just by somehow taking shelter in Bhagavān. That even the greatest, most severe sin in the form of offense (aparādha) against Śrī Bhagavān and his name is dispelled by chanting of the name—this special greatness [of nāma-kīrtana] is described in this verse (mama …). In regard to [this] dispelling even of offense to the name that is [otherwise] necessary to endure [i.e., to undergo the result of], the aforesaid siddhānta is to be seen [i.e., as it was stated in the commentary on HBV 11.372 that since nāma-kīrtana can destroy even prārabdha-karma, so it is to be understood here that nāma-kīrtana can also destroy even the results of aparādhas that are due to be endured in one’s present life, that is, what could perhaps be termed ‘prārabdha-aparādha’].”