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The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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drink;  mūḍhaḥ —the foolish man;  na —not;  veda —understood;  āgatam —had arrived;  antakam —death.
TRANSLATION
When Ajāmila chewed food and ate it, he called the child to chew and eat, and when he drank he called the child to drink also. Always engaged in taking care of the child and calling his name, Nārāyaṇa, Ajāmila could not understand that his own time was now exhausted and that death was upon him.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is kind to the conditioned soul. Although this man completely forgot Nārāyaṇa, he was calling his child, saying, “Nārāyaṇa, please come eat this food. Nārāyaṇa, please come drink this milk.” Somehow or other, therefore, he was attached to the name Nārāyaṇa. This is called  ajñāta-sukṛti . Although calling for his son, he was unknowingly chanting the name of Nārāyaṇa, and the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so transcendentally powerful that his chanting was being counted and recorded.
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स एवं वर्तमानोऽङ्गो मृत्युकाल उपस्थिते । मति चकार तनये बाले नारायणाह्वये ॥२७॥
sa evam vartamāno 'jño mṛtyu-kāla upasthite matim cakāra tanaye bāle nārāyaṇāhvaye
saḥ —that Ajāmila;  evam —thus;  vartamānaḥ —living;  ajñaḥ —foolish;  mṛtyu-kāle —when the time of death;  upasthite —arrived;  matim cakāra —concentrated his mind;  tanaye —on his son;  bāle —the child;  nārāyaṇa-āhvaye —whose name was Nārāyaṇa.