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Yamaraja for punishment. There, according to the extent of his
sinful acts, he will be punished and thus purified.

PURPORT

The Visnuditas had forbidden the Yamaditas to take Ajamila to
Yamaraja, and therefore the Yamadiitas explained that taking such a man
to Yamaraja was appropriate. Since Ajamila had not undergone atone-
ment for his sinful acts, he was to be taken to Yamaraja to be purified.
When a man commits murder he becomes sinful, and therefore he also
must be killed; otherwise after death he must suffer many sinful re-
actions. Similarly, punishment by Yamaraja is a process of purification
for the most abominable sinful persons. Therefore the Yamaditas re-
quested the Visnuditas not to obstruct their taking Ajamila to Yamaraja.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Sixth Canto, First Chapter
of the Srimad- -Bhagavatam, entitled “The History of the Life of Ajamila.”
