Pratibimba is compared to the light we receive when the sun reflects upon water. Such a reflection is distorted; it is not the real sun in its full potency. Similarly, although the holy name is completely pure, the reflection of the holy name is distorted by the materialistic conceptions in our hearts caused by our offenses. We chant, but we are not chanting the pure or real holy name. And the first step to clearing this problem is to develop a desire to advance in our chanting.
(Sri Siksastaka- bhasya, Moscow 5.17.2001)