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Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas
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vṛddhau —old;  anāthau —who had no other person to look after their comforts;  pitarau —my father and mother;  na anya-bandhū —who had no other friend;  tapasvinau —who underwent great difficulties;  aho —alas;  mayā —by me;  adhunā —at that moment;  tyaktau —were given up;  akṛta-jñena —ungrateful;  nīca-vat —like the most abominable low-class person.
TRANSLATION
My father and mother were old and had no other son or friend to look after them. Because I did not take care of them, they lived with great difficulty. Alas, like an abominable lower-class man, I ungratefully left them in that condition.
PURPORT
According to Vedic civilization, everyone has the responsibility for taking care of  brāhmaṇas , old men, women, children and cows. This is the duty of everyone, especially an upper-class person. Because of his association with a prostitute, Ajāmila abandoned all his duties. Regretting this, Ajāmila now considered himself quite fallen.
TEXT 29
सोऽहं व्यक्तं पतिष्यामि नरके भृशदारुणे ।
धर्मघ्नाः कामिनो यत्र विन्दन्ति यमयातनाः ॥२९॥
so 'ham vyaktam patiṣyāmi narake bhṛśa-dāruṇe dharma-ghnāḥ kāmino yatra vindanti yama-yātanāḥ
saḥ —such a person;  aham —I;  vyaktam —it is now clear;  patiṣyāmi —will fall down;  narake —in hell;  bhṛśa-dāruṇe —most miserable;  dharma-ghnāḥ —they who break the principles of religion;  kāminaḥ —who are too lusty;  yatra —where;  vindanti —undergo;  yama-yātanāḥ —the miserable conditions imposed by Yamarāja.