106 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 2
harir ity avasendha
puman narhati yatanah
patitah—fallen down; skhalitah—slipped; bhagnah—having broken
his bones; sandastah—bitten; taptah—severely attacked by fever or
similar painful conditions; dhatah—injured; harih—Lord Krsna; iti—
thus; avasena—accidently; dha—chants; pumdn—a person; na—not;
arhati—deserves; ydtanah—hellish conditions.
TRANSLATION
If one chants the holy name of Hari and then dies because of an
accidental misfortune, such as falling from the top of a house, slip-
ping and suffering broken bones while traveling on the road,
being bitten by a serpent, being afflicted with pain and high fever,
or being injured by a weapon, one is immediately absolved from
having to enter hellish life, even though he is sinful.
PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gita (8.6):
yam yam vapi smaran bhavarn
tyajaty ante kalevaram
tam tam evaiti kaunteya
sadé tad-bhava-bhavitah
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that
state he will attain without fail.” If one practices chanting the Hare
Krsna mantra, he is naturally expected to chant Hare Krsna when he
meets with some accident. Even without such practice, however, if one
somehow or other chants the holy name of the Lord (Hare Krsna) when
he meets with an accident and dies, he will be saved from hellish life
after death.
TEXT 16
Tea a syat Fa Tein a aft = |
arene ar eanfet TTaTett TTT TTA RATES EI
