bahu janma kare yadi śravaṇa, kīrtana

(1) bahu janma kare yadi śravaṇa, kīrtana tabu ta’ nā pāya kṛṣṇa-pade prema-dhana

(1) bahu — many; janma — births; kare — does; yadi — if; śravaṇa — hearing; kīrtana — chanting; tabu — still; ta’ — in spite of; nā — does not; pāya — get; kṛṣṇa-pade — unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; prema-dhana — love of Godhead.

(1) If one is infested with the ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, despite his endeavor to chant the holy name for many births, he will not get the love of Godhead that is the ultimate goal of this chanting. The ten offences to be avoided are as follows.