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  "name":"SB 9.5.16",
  "h1":"SB 9.5.16",
  "label":"Text 16",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.5.16",
  "description":"What is impossible for the servants of the Lord? By the very hearing of His holy name one is purified."

} —

SB 9.5.16

Text

yan-nāma-śruti-mātreṇa
pumān bhavati nirmalaḥ
tasya tīrtha-padaḥ kiṁ vā
dāsānām avaśiṣyate

Synonyms

yat-nāma—the holy name of the Lord; śruti-mātreṇa—simply by hearing; pumān—a person; bhavati—becomes; nirmalaḥ—purified; tasya—of Him; tīrtha-padaḥ—the Lord, at whose feet are the holy places; kim vā—what; dāsānām—by the servants; avaśiṣyate—remains to be done.

Translation

What is impossible for the servants of the Lord? By the very hearing of His holy name one is purified.