2 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 1
karma-kanda and jndna-kanda. Only the path of devotional service is
auspicious for everyone. Fruitive activities and speculative knowledge
cannot independently liberate anyone, but devotional service, indepen-
dent of karma and jfana, is so potent that one who has fixed his mind at
the lotus feet of Krsna is guaranteed not to meet the Yamaditas, the
order carriers of Yamaraja, even in dreams.

To prove the strength of devotional service, Sukadeva Gosvami de-
scribed the history of Ajamila. Ajamila was a resident of Kanyakubja
(the modern Kanauj). He was trained by his parents to become a perfect
brahmana by studying the Vedas and following the regulative principles,
but because of his past, this youthful brahmana was somehow attracted
by a prostitute, and because of her association he became most fallen and
abandoned all regulative principles. Ajamila begot in the womb of the
prostitute ten sons, the last of whom was called Narayana. At the time of
Ajamila’s death, when the order carriers of Yamaraja came to take him,
he loudly called the name Narayana in fear because he was attached to
his youngest son. Thus he remembered the original Narayana, Lord
Visnu. Although he did not chant the holy name of Narayana completely
offenselessly, it acted nevertheless. As soon as he chanted the holy name
of Narayana, the order carriers of Lord Visnu immediately appeared on
the scene. A discussion ensued between the order carriers of Lord Visnu
and those of Yamaraja, and by hearing that discussion Ajamila was liber-
ated. He could then understand the bad effect of fruitive activities and
could also understand how exalted is the process of devotional service.

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sri-pariksid uvéca
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ddau bhagavata yatha
krama-yogopalabdhena
brahmanaé yad asarnsrtih
