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Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas
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sa kathaṁ nyarpitātmānaṁ kṛta-maitram acetanam visrambhaṇīyo bhūtānāṁ saghṛṇo dogdhum arhati
yasya—of whom; aṅke—on the lap; śiraḥ—the head; ādhāya—placing; lokaḥ—the general mass of people; svapiti—sleep; nirvṛtaḥ—in peace; svayam—personally; dharmam—religious principles or the goal of life; adharmam—irreligious principles; vā—or; na—not; hi—indeed; veda—know; yathā—exactly like; paśuḥ—an animal; saḥ—such a person; katham—how; nyarpita-ātmānam—unto the living entity who has fully surrendered; kṛta-maitram—endowed with good faith and friendship; acetanam—with undeveloped consciousness, foolish; visrambhaṇīyaḥ—deserving to be the object of faith; bhūtānām—of the living entities; sa-ghṛṇaḥ—who has a soft heart for the good of all people; dogdhum—to give pain; arhati—is able.
TRANSLATION
People in general are not very advanced in knowledge by which to discriminate between religion and irreligion. The innocent, unenlightened citizen is like an ignorant animal sleeping in peace with its head on the lap of its master, faithfully believing in the master's protection. If a leader is actually kindhearted and deserves to be the object of a living entity's faith, how can he punish or kill a foolish person who has fully surrendered in good faith and friendship?
PURPORT
The Sanskrit word  viśvasta-ghāta  refers to one who breaks faith or causes a breach of trust. The mass of people should always feel security because of the government's protection. Therefore, how regrettable it is for the government itself to cause a breach of trust and put the citizens in difficulty for political reasons. We actually saw during the partition days in India that although Hindus and Muslims were living together peacefully, manipulation by politicians suddenly aroused feelings of hatred between them, and thus the Hindus and Muslims killed one another over politics. This is a sign of Kali-yuga. In this age, animals are