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kept nicely sheltered, completely confident that their masters will protect
them, but unfortunately as soon as the animals are fat, they are im-
mediately sent for slaughter. Such cruelty is condemned by Vaisnavas
like the Visnuditas. Indeed, the hellish conditions already described
await the sinful men responsible for such suffering. One who betrays the
confidence of a living entity who takes shelter of him in good faith,
whether that living entity be a human being or an animal, is extremely
sinful. Because such betrayals now go unpunished by the government,
all of human society is terribly contaminated. The people of this age are
therefore described as mandéh sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya hy
upadrutah. As a consequence of such sinfulness, men are condemned
(mandah), their intelligence is unclear (sumanda-matayah), they are
unfortunate (manda-bhagyah), and therefore they are always disturbed
by many problems (upadrutah). This is their situation in this life, and
after death they are punished in hellish conditions.
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at fe safe senaltaicamtt |
Ta SAER fara aH ATETAa TW I 0 I
ayam hi krta-nirveso
Janma-koty-arnhasdm api
yad vyajahdara vivaso
nama svasty-ayanam hareh
ayam—this person (Ajamila); hi—indeed; krta-nirvesah—has un-
dergone all kinds of atonement; janma—of births; koti—of millions;
amhasam—for the sinful activities; api—even; yat—because; vyd-
jahara—he has chanted; vivasah—in a helpless condition; naéma—the
holy name; svasti-ayanam—the means of liberation; hareh—of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Ajamila has already atoned for all his sinful actions. Indeed, he
has atoned not only for sins performed in one life but for those
performed in millions of lives, for in a helpless condition he
