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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.18

అజ్ఞానాదథవా జ్ఞానాదుత్తమశ్లోకనామ యత్ । సఙ్కీర్తితమఘం పుంసో దహేదేధో యథానల: ॥ ౧౮ ॥
ajṣānād athavā jṣānād
[ajshaanaad athavaa jshaanaad]
uttamaśloka-nāma yat
[uttamashloka-naama yat]
saṅkīrtitam aghaṁ puṁso
[sankeertitam agham pumso]
dahed edho yathānalaḥ
[dahed edho yathaanalah]
Word-for-word
ajṣānāt — out of ignorance athavā — or jṣānāt — with knowledge uttamaśloka — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead nāma — the holy name yat — that which saṅkīrtitam — chanted agham — sin puṁsaḥ — of a person dahet — burns to ashes edhaḥ — dry grass yathā — just as analaḥ — fire.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ajṣānād athavā jṣānād
ajṣānāt
out of ignorance
athavā
or
jṣānāt
with knowledge
uttamaśloka-nāma yat
uttamaśloka
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
nāma
the holy name
yat
that which
saṅkīrtitam aghaṁ puṁso
saṅkīrtitam
chanted
agham
sin
puṁsaḥ
of a person
dahed edho yathānalaḥ
dahet
burns to ashes
edhaḥ
dry grass
yathā
just as
analaḥ
fire.
As a fire burns dry grass to ashes, so the holy name of the Lord, whether chanted knowingly or unknowingly, burns to ashes, without fail, all the reactions of one’s sinful activities.
Purport

Fire will act, regardless of whether handled by an innocent child or by someone well aware of its power. For example, if a field of straw or dry grass is set afire, either by an elderly man who knows the power of fire or by a child who does not, the grass will be burned to ashes. Similarly, one may or may not know the power of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but if one chants the holy name he will become free from all sinful reactions.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Chanting the name of the Lord with or without knowledge of its powers destroys a man’s sins, just as fire destroys dry grass. “But chanting in this way is not done with knowledge that it is atonement.” Just as fire lit innocently by a child burns dry grass, so chanting without knowledge burns up heaps of sins.
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