Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14


Sanskrit:

साङ्केत्यं पारिहास्यं वा स्तोभं हेलनमेव वा ।वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणमशेषाघहरं विदु: ॥ १४ ॥

ITRANS:

sāṅketyaṁ pārihāsyaṁ vāstobhaṁ helanam eva vāvaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇamaśeṣāgha-haraṁ viduḥ

Translation:

One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly [to indicate something else], jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures.

Purport: