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Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas
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to counteract them; he simply chanted the name Nārāyaṇa to call his son. Therefore his chanting was effective. Because of chanting the holy name of Nārāyaṇa in this way, he had already vanquished the accumulated sinful reactions of many, many lives. In the beginning he was pure, but although he later committed many sinful acts, he was offenseless because he did not chant the holy name of Nārāyaṇa to counteract them. One who always chants the holy name of the Lord without offenses is always pure. As confirmed in this verse Ajāmila was already sinless, and because he chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa he remained sinless. It did not matter that he was calling his son; the name itself was effective.
TEXTS 9-10
स्तेनः सुरापो मित्रभ्रुग् ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः । 
  स्त्रीराजपितृगोहन्ता ये च पातकिनोऽपरे ॥ ९ ॥ 
  सर्वेषामप्यधवतामिदमेव सुनिष्कृतम् । 
  नामव्याहरणं विष्णोर्यतस्तद्विषया मतिः ॥१०॥
stenaḥ surā-po mitra-dhrug 
  brahma-hā guru-talpa-gaḥ 
  strī-rāja-pitr-go-hantā 
  ye ca pātakino 'pare
sarveṣām apy aghavatām 
  idam eva suniṣkṛtam 
  nāma-vyāharaṇam viṣṇor 
  yatas tad-viṣayā matiḥ
stenaḥ —one who steals;  surā-paḥ —a drunkard;  mitra-dhruk —one who turns against a friend or relative;  brahma-hā —one who kills a  brāhmaṇa ;  guru-talpa-gaḥ —one who indulges in sex with the wife of his teacher or  guru ;  strī —women;  rāja —king;  pitr —father;  go —of cows;  hantā —the killer;  ye —those who;  ca —also;  pātakinaḥ —committed sinful activities;  apare —many others;  sarveṣām —of all of them;  api —although;  agha-vatām —persons who have committed many sins;  idam —this;  eva —certainly;  su-niṣkṛtam —perfect atonement;  nāma-