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The History of the Life of Ajāmila
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tremely difficult. Thus after seeing a man embracing a young woman and practically doing everything required for sex life, even a fully qualified  brāhmaṇa , as described above, could not control his lusty desires and restrain himself from pursuing them. Because of the force of materialistic life, to maintain self-control is extremely difficult unless one is specifically under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead through devotional service.
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तन्निमित्तसरव्याजग्रहग्रस्तो विचेतनः । तामेव मनसा ध्यायन् स्वधर्माद्विरराम ह ॥६३॥
tan-nimitta-smara-vyāja- graha-grasto vicetanaḥ tām eva manasā dhyāyan sva-dharmād virarāma ha
tat-nimitta —caused by the sight of her;  smara-vyāja —taking advantage of his thinking of her always;  graha-grastaḥ —being caught by an eclipse;  vicetanaḥ —having completely forgotten his real position;  tām —her;  eva —certainly;  manasā —by the mind;  dhyāyan —meditating upon;  sva-dharmāt —from the regulative principles executed by a  brāhmaṇa ;  virarāma ha —he completely ceased.
TRANSLATION
In the same way that the sun and moon are eclipsed by a low planet, the  brāhmaṇa  lost all his good sense. Taking advantage of this situation, he always thought of the prostitute, and within a short time he took her as a servant in his house and abandoned all the regulative principles of a  brāhmaṇa .
PURPORT
By speaking this verse, Śukadeva Gosvāmī wants to impress upon the mind of the reader that Ajāmila's exalted position as a  brāhmaṇa  was vanquished by his association with the prostitute, so much so that he forgot all his brahminical activities. Nevertheless, at the end of his life,