pendent, autocratic and omnipotent. All rules have come into force due to His arrangement. He has declared fruitive activity to be material and has revealed that cultivating knowledge of impersonal brahman leads only to the extinction of consciousness, putting it in deep slumber. After explaining all this, the Lord, of His own accord, has invested His entire potency in His holy name. There is no point in raising any objection. Hence, an intelligent person will carefully avoid offending the all-powerful name of the Lord.

The method for counteracting this offense

"If this namaparadha is somehow committed, the offender has to go humbly to the assembly of Vaisnavas and attentively listen to the narrations of the pastimes and qualities of the Supreme Lord from the lips of a pure devotee. Full of remorse, the offender must admit his transgression against the holy name and beg forgiveness from the Vaisnavas. The Vaisnavas are realized in the glories of the name; they will mercifully deliver the offender from his sins by embracing him. Then the offensive mentality will be purified and he will be protected from the onslaught of maya. Offenses against the holy name are committed because of maya's deception. If a devotee meets or even just sees the face of such an offender, he should immediately take bath in the Ganges. If the Ganges is not nearby, he should bathe in some other pure water. In the event that this also is not possible, he should purify himself , by bathing mentally."

One who is surrendered to Krsna's most beloved consort Srimati Radharani, and to the mercy of His flute, will be adorned by the glory of Harinama Cintamani.