Text 10] Ajamila Delivered by the Visnuditas 99

to counteract them; he simply chanted the name Narayana to call his son.
Therefore his chanting was effective. Because of chanting the holy name
of Narayana in this way, he had already vanquished the accumulated sin-
ful reactions of many, many lives. In the beginning he was pure, but al-
though he later committed many sinful acts, he was offenseless because
he did not chant the holy name of Narayana to counteract them. One who
always chants the holy name of the Lord without offenses is always pure.
As confirmed in this verse Ajamila was already sinless, and because he
chanted the name of Narayana he remained sinless. It did not matter that
he was calling his son; the name itself was effective.

TEXTS 9-10
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areal freuraafsan ata: ell

stenah surd-po mitra-dhrug
brahma-ha guru-talpa-gah
stri-rdja-pitr-go-hanta
ye ca patakino ‘pare

sarvesdm apy aghavatam
idam eva suniskrtam

nadma-vyGharanam visnor
yatas tad-visayad matih

stenah—one who steals; surd-pah—a drunkard; mitra-dhruk—one
who turns against a friend or relative; brahma-ha—one who kills a
braéhmana; guru-talpa-gah—one who indulges in sex with the wife of
his teacher or guru; stri—women; rdja—king; pitr—father; go—of
cows; hanté—the killer; ye—those who; ca—also; pdtakinah —commit-
ted sinful activities; apare—many others; sarvesam—of all of them;
api—although; agha-vatam—persons who have committed many sins;
idam—this; eva—certainly; su-niskrtam—perfect atonement; ndma-
