Text 29] The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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tām akarod ity arthaḥ.  “Although at the time of death he was chanting the name of his son, he nevertheless concentrated his mind upon the holy name of Nārāyaṇa.” Śrila Vijayadhvaja Tirtha gives a similar opinion:
mṛtyu-kāle deha-viyoga-lakṣaṇa-kāle mṛtyoḥ sarva-doṣa-pāpa-harasya harer anugrahāt kāle datta-jñāna-lakṣaṇe upasthite hṛdi pra-kāśite tanaye pūrṇa-jñāne bāle pañca-varṣa-kalpe prādeśa-mātre nārāyaṇāhvaye mūrti-viśeṣe matiṁ smaraṇa-samarthaṁ cittaṁ cakāra bhaktyāsmarad ity arthaḥ.
Directly or indirectly, Ajāmila factually remembered Nārāyaṇa at the time of death ( ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ ).
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स पाशहस्तांस्त्रीन्द्रष्ट्वा पुरुषानतिदारुणान् ।
वक्रतुष्टानूर्ध्वरोम्ण आत्मानं नेतुमागतान् ॥२८॥
दूरे क्रीडनकासक्तं पुत्रं नारायणाह्वयम् ।
श्रावितेन स्वरेणोच्चैराजुहात्राकुलेन्द्रियः ॥२९॥
sa pāśa-hastāṁs trīn dṛṣṭvā puruṣān ati-dāruṇān vakra-tuṇḍān ūrdhva-romṇa ātmānaṁ netum āgatān
dūre krīḍanakāsaktaṁ putraṁ nārāyaṇāhvayam plāvitena svareṇoccair ājuhāvākulendriyaḥ
saḥ—that person (Ajāmila); pāśa-hastān—having ropes in their hands; trīn—three; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; puruṣān—persons; ati-dāruṇān—very fearful in their features; vakra-tuṇḍān—with twisted faces; ūrdhva-romṇaḥ—with hair standing on the body; ātmānaṁ—the self; netum—to take away; āgatān—arrived; dūre—a short distance away;