Text 16] Ajamila Delivered by the Visnuditas 107
guriinam ca laghinam ca
gurini ca laghini ca
prdayascittani papanam
jJnatvoktani maharsibhih

guriinam—heavy; ca—and; laghiinam—light; ca—also; guriini—
heavy; ca—and; laghiini—light; ca—also; prdyascittani—the processes
of atonement; pdpdndm—of sinful activities; jiadtva—knowing per-
fectly well; uktdni—have been prescribed; mahd-rsibhih—by great
sages.

TRANSLATION

Authorities who are learned scholars and sages have carefully
ascertained that one should atone for the heaviest sins by undergo-
ing a heavy process of atonement and one should atone for lighter
sins by undergoing lighter atonement. Chanting the Hare Krsna
mantra, however, vanquishes all the effects of sinful activities,
regardless of whether heavy or light.

PURPORT

In this regard, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura describes an inci-
dent that took place when Samba was rescued from the punishment of
the Kauravas. Samba fell in love with the daughter of Duryodhana, and
since according to ksatriya custom one is not offered a ksatriya’s
daughter unless he displays his chivalrous valor, Simba abducted her.
Consequently Samba was arrested by the Kauravas. Later, when Lord
Balarama came to rescue him, there was an argument about Samba’s
release. Since the argument was not settled, Balarama showed His power
in such a way that all of Hastinapura trembled and would have been van-
quished as if by a great earthquake. Then the matter was settled, and
Samba married Duryodhana’s daughter. The purport is that one should
take shelter of Krsna-Balarama, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
whose protective power is so great that it cannot be equaled in the ma-
terial world. However powerful the reactions of one’s sins, they will im-
mediately be vanquished if one chants the name of Hari, Krsna,
Balarama or Narayana.
