Text 63] The History of the Life of Ajamila 83

tremely difficult. Thus after seeing a man embracing a young woman and
practically doing everything required for sex life, even a fully qualified
brahmana, as described above, could not control his lusty desires and
restrain himself from pursuing them. Because of the force of ma-
terialistic life, to maintain self-control is extremely difficult unless one is
specifically under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
through devotional service.

TEXT 63

affirm frraa: |
TAIT AAA TTI SANS TATA g 16-311

tan-nimitta-smara-vydja-
graha-grasto vicetanah

tam eva manasa dhydyan
sva-dharmad virarama ha

tat-nimitta—caused by the sight of her; smara-vydja—taking advan-
tage of his thinking of her always; graha-grastah—being caught by an
eclipse; vicetanah—having completely forgotten his real position; tam—
her; eva—certainly; manasd—by the mind; dhydyan—meditating
upon; sva-dharmat—from the regulative principles executed by a
brahmana; virarama ha—he completely ceased.

TRANSLATION

In the same way that the sun and moon are eclipsed by a low
planet, the brahmana lost all his good sense. Taking advantage of
this situation, he always thought of the prostitute, and within a
short time he took her as a servant in his house and abandoned all
the regulative principles of a brahmana.

PURPORT

By speaking this verse, Sukadeva Gosvami wants to impress upon the
mind of the reader that Ajamila’s exalted position as a brahmana was
vanquished by his association with the prostitute, so much so that he
forgot all his brahminical activities. Nevertheless, at the end of his life,
