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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 2]
In less than even a moment, a perfect devotee can return home, back to Godhead, immediately after giving up his material body.
TEXT 45
एवं स विप्रावितसर्वधर्मा दास्याः पतिः पतितो गर्हकर्मणा । निपात्यमानो निरये हतव्रतः सद्यो विमुक्तो भगवन्नाम गृह्णन् ॥४५॥
evam sa viplāvita-sarva-dharmā dāsyāḥ patiḥ patito garhya-karmaṇā nipātyamāno niraye hata-vrataḥ sadyo vimukto bhagavan-nāma gṛhṇan
evam —in this way;  saḥ —he (Ajāmila);  viplāvita-sarva-dharmāḥ —who gave up all religious principles;  dāsyāḥ patiḥ —the husband of a prostitute;  patitaḥ —fallen;  garhya-karmaṇā —by being engaged in abominable activities;  nipātyamānaḥ —falling;  niraye —in hellish life;  hata-vrataḥ —who broke all his vows;  sadyaḥ —immediately;  vimuktaḥ —liberated;  bhagavat-nāma —the holy name of the Lord;  gṛhṇan —chanting.
TRANSLATION
Ajāmila was a brāhmaṇa who because of bad association had given up all brahminical culture and religious principles. Becoming most fallen, he stole, drank and performed other abominable acts. He even kept a prostitute. Thus he was destined to be carried away to hell by the order carriers of Yamarāja, but he was immediately rescued simply by a glimpse of the chanting of the holy name Nārāyaṇa.
TEXT 46
नातः परं कर्मनिबन्धकृन्तनं मुमुक्षतां तीर्थपदानुकीर्तनात् ।