PLATE ONE

“At the time of his death the sinful Ajamila saw three awkward per-
sons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and hair stand-
ing erect on their bodies. With ropes in their hands, they had come to
take him away to the abode of Yamaraja. When he saw them he was ex-
tremely bewildered, and because of attachment to his child, Narayana,
who was playing a short distance away, Ajamila began to call him loudly
by his name. Thus with tears in his eyes he somehow or other chanted
the holy name of Narayana. The order carriers of Visnu, the Visnudatas,
immediately arrived when they heard the holy name of their master
from the mouth of the dying Ajamila. The order carriers of Yamaraja
were snatching the soul from the core of the heart of Ajamila, the hus-
band of the prostitute, but with resounding voices the messengers of
Lord Visnu, the Visnuditas, forbade them to do so.” (pp.42-46)
