Text 21] The History of the Life of Ajamila 35

Sruti-smrti-puranadi-
paricaratra-vidhim vind

aikantiki harer bhaktir
utpatayaiva kalpate

“Devotional service of the Lord that ignores the authorized Vedic
literatures like the Upanisads, Puranas and Ndrada-paricaratra is
simply an unnecessary disturbance in society.” A devotee of Krsna must
refer not only to the Vedas, but also to the Purdnas. One should not
foolishly consider the Purdnas mythological. If they were mythological,
Sukadeva Gosvami would not have taken the trouble to recite the old
historical incidents concerning the life of Ajamila. Now the history
begins as follows.

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kanyakubje dvijah kascid
dasi-patir ajamilah

namn4é nasta-saddacaro
dasyah samsarga-disitah

kdnya-kubje—in the city of Kanyakubja (Kanauj, a town near Kan-
pur); dvijah—brahmana; kascit—some; dasi-patih—the husband of a
low-class woman or prostitute; ajamilah—Ajamila; namnd—by name;
nasta-sat-dcdrah—who lost all brahminical qualities; dasyah—of the
prostitute or maidservant; sarnsarga-disitah—contaminated by the asso-
ciation.

TRANSLATION

In the city known as Kanyakubja there was a brahmana named
Ajamila who married a prostitute maidservant and lost all his
brahminical qualities because of the association of that low-class
woman,
