When Gandhi was shot, he cried, «Rama! Rama!» He was shot in the chest, and his spectacles were thrown into the street. Within half an hour he passed away, but he pronounced the words «Rama! Rama!» He was on his way to deliver a religious lecture, but his mentality was full of thoughts of national progress, so in his case, the vibration of the Name may have worked in the plane of nation-building. To understand a person’s destination at the time of death, we must ask, «What was his mentality?»
Sometimes chanting the Name may result in Namabhas — the shadow of the Name. Whether or not it is Suddha-nam, the genuine Name, depends on the mental system of the person chanting the Name. It depends on his relation towards Krishna, his intention.