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SB 6.2.45

Devanāgarī

एवं स विप्लावितसर्वधर्मा दास्या: पति: पतितो गर्ह्यकर्मणा । निपात्यमानो निरये हतव्रत: सद्यो विमुक्तो भगवन्नाम गृह्णन् ॥ ४५ ॥

Text

evaṁ sa viplāvita-sarva-dharmā dāsyāḥ patiḥ patito garhya-karmaṇā nipātyamāno niraye hata-vrataḥ sadyo vimukto bhagavan-nāma gṛhṇan

Synonyms

evam—in this way;saḥ—he (Ajāmila);viplāvita-sarva-dharmāḥ—who gave up all religious principles;dāsyāḥpatiḥ—the husband of a prostitute;patitaḥ—fallen;garhya-karmaṇā—by being engaged in abominable activities;nipātyamānaḥ—falling;niraye—in hellish life;hata-vrataḥ—who broke all his vows;sadyaḥ—immediately;vimuktaḥ—liberated;bhagavat-nāma—the holy name of the Lord;gṛhṇan—chanting.

Translation

Ajāmila was a brāhmaṇa who because of bad association had given up all brahminical culture and religious principles. Becoming most fallen, he stole, drank and performed other abominable acts. He even kept a prostitute. Thus he was destined to be carried away to hell by the order carriers of Yamarāja, but he was immediately rescued simply by a glimpse of the chanting of the holy name Nārāyaṇa.

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