Text 7] The History of the Life of Ajamila 11
TEXT 7
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Sri-Suka uvdca
na ced ihaivadpacitim yathammhasah
krtasya kuryan mana-ukta-panibhih
dhruvam sa vai pretya narakan upaiti
ye kirtita me bhavatas tigma-yatanah
Sri-Sukah uvéca—Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said; na—not; cet—if;
iha—within this life; eva—certainly; apacitim—counteraction, atone-
ment; yatha—duly; amhasah krtasya—when one has performed sinful
activities; kuryaét—performs; manah—with the mind; ukta—words;
panibhih—and with the senses; dhruvam—undoubtedly; sah—that per-
son; vai—indeed; pretya—after death; narakdn—different varieties of
hellish conditions; upaiti—attains; ye—which; kirtitah—were already
described; me—by me; bhavatah—unto you; tigma-yatanéh—in which
there is very terrible suffering.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami replied: My dear King, if before one’s next
death whatever impious acts one has performed in this life with his
mind, words and body are not counteracted through proper atone-
ment according to the description of the Manu-samhita and other
dharma-éastras, one will certainly enter the hellish planets after
death and undergo terrible suffering, as I have previously
described to you.
PURPORT
Srila Viévanatha Cakravarti Thakura’ mentions that although
Maharaja Pariksit was a pure devotee, Sukadeva Gosvami did not
