128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 2
determination, one should vow to follow these principles and thus be
saved from the miserable condition of material existence. The first
necessity is to become freed from the bodily concept of life.
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iti jata-sunirvedah
ksana-sangena sadhusu
ganga-dvdram upeyaya
mukta-sarvanubandhanah

iti—thus; j@ta-sunirvedah—(Ajamila) who had become detached from
the material conception of life; ksana-sarigena—by a moment’s asso-
ciation; sddhusu—with devotees; gariga-dvaram—to Hardwar (hari-
dvara), the doorway to Hari (because the Ganges begins there, Hardwar
is also called ganga-dvara); upeyaya—went; mukta—being freed from;
sarva-anubandhanah—all kinds of material bondage.

TRANSLATION

Because of a moment’s association with devotees [the
Visnudiatas], Ajamila detached himself from the material concep-
tion of life with determination. Thus freed from all material at-
traction, he immediately started for Hardwar.

PURPORT

The word mukta-sarvanubandhanah indicates that after this incident,
Ajamila, not caring for his wife and children, went straight to Hardwar
for further advancement in his spiritual life. Our Krsna consciousness
movement now has centers in Vrndavana and Navadvipa so that those
who want to live a retired life, whether they be devotees or not, can go
there and with determination give up the bodily concept of life. One is
welcome to live in those holy places for the rest of his life in order to
