Text 7] Ajamila Delivered by the Visnuditas 97
chanted the holy name of Narayana. Even though he did not chant
purely, he chanted without offense, and therefore he is now pure
and eligible for liberation.
PURPORT
The Yamaditas had considered only the external situation of Ajamila.
Since he was extremely sinful throughout his life, they thought he
should be taken to Yamaraja and did not know that he had become free
from the reactions of all his sins. The Visnuditas therefore instructed
that because he had chanted the four syllables of the name Narayana at
the time of his death, he was freed from all sinful reactions. In this
regard Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura quotes the following verses
from the smrti-Sdstra:
namno hi ydavati saktih
papa-nirharane hareh
tavat karturn na saknoti
patakam pataki narah
“Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract
the reactions to more sins than he is able to commit.” (Brhad-visnu
Purana)
avasenapi yan-ndmni
kirtite sarva-patakaih
puman vimucyate sadyah
simha-trastair mrgair iva
“If one chants the holy name of the Lord, even in a helpless condition or
without desiring to do so, all the reactions of his sinful life depart, just as
when a lion roars, all the small animals flee in fear.”” (Garuda Purana)
sakrd uccaritam yena
harir ity aksara-dvayam
baddha-parikaras tena
moksa@ya gamanam prati
