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The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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श्रीशुक उवाच
न चेदिहैवापचिति यथांहसः 
  कृतस्य कुर्यान्मनउक्तपाणिभिः । 
  ध्रुवं स वै प्रेत्य नरकानुपैति 
  ये कीर्तिता मे भवतस्तिग्मयातनाः ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  na ced ihaivāpacitim yathāmhasaḥ 
  kṛtasya kuryān mana-ukta-pāṇibhiḥ 
  dhruvam sa vai pretya narakān upaiti 
  ye kīrtitā me bhavatas tigma-yātanāḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrila Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  na —not;  cet —if;  iha —within this life;  eva —certainly;  apacitim —counteraction, atonement;  yathā —duly;  amhasaḥ kṛtasya —when one has performed sinful activities;  kuryāt —performs;  manaḥ —with the mind;  ukta —words;  pāṇibhiḥ —and with the senses;  dhruvam —undoubtedly;  saḥ —that person;  vai —indeed;  pretya —after death;  narakān —different varieties of hellish conditions;  upaiti —attains;  ye —which;  kīrtitāḥ —were already described;  me —by me;  bhavataḥ —unto you;  tigma-yātanāḥ —in which there is very terrible suffering.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: My dear King, if before one's next death whatever impious acts one has performed in this life with his mind, words and body are not counteracted through proper atonement according to the description of the Manu-saṁhitā and other dharma-śāstras, one will certainly enter the hellish planets after death and undergo terrible suffering, as I have previously described to you.
PURPORT
Śrila Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura mentions that although Mahārāja Parikṣit was a pure devotee, Śukadeva Gosvāmī did not