Ajamila saved

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SB 6.2.7 Ajamila has already atoned for all his sinful actions. Indeed, he

has atoned not only for sins performed in one life but for those performed

in millions of lives, for in a helpless condition he chanted the holy name

of Narayana. Even though he did not chant purely, he chanted without

offense, and therefore he is now pure and eligible for liberation.

 

SB 6.2.8: The Vishnudutas continued: Even previously, while eating and at

other times, this Ajamila would call his son, saying, "My dear Narayana,

please come here." Although calling the name of his son, he nevertheless

uttered the four syllables na-ra-ya-na. Simply by chanting the name of

Narayana in this way, he sufficiently atoned for the sinful reactions of

millions of lives.

 

SB 6.2.9-10: The chanting of the holy name of Lord Vishnu is the best

process of atonement for a thief of gold or other valuables, for a

drunkard, for one who betrays a friend or relative, for one who kills a

brahmana, or for one who indulges in sex with the wife of his guru or

another superior. It is also the best method of atonement for one who

murders women, the king or his father, for one who slaughters cows, and for

all other sinful men. Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Vishnu, such

sinful persons may attract the attention of the Supreme Lord, who therefore

considers, "Because this man has chanted My holy name, My duty is to give

him protection."

 

SB 6.2.11: By following the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies or undergoing

atonement, sinful men do not become as purified as by chanting once the

holy name of Lord Hari. Although ritualistic atonement may free one from

sinful reactions, it does not awaken devotional service, unlike the

chanting of the Lord's names, which reminds one of the Lord's fame,

qualities, attributes, pastimes and paraphernalia.

 

SB 6.2.12: The ritualistic ceremonies of atonement recommended in the

religious scriptures are insufficient to cleanse the heart absolutely

because after atonement one's mind again runs toward material activities.

Consequently, for one who wants liberation from the fruitive reactions of

material activities, the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra, or

glorification of the name, fame and pastimes of the Lord, is recommended as

the most perfect process of atonement because such chanting eradicates the

dirt from one's heart completely.

 

SB 6.2.13: At the time of death, this Ajamila helplessly and very loudly

chanted the holy name of the Lord, Narayana. That chanting alone has

already freed him from the reactions of all sinful life. Therefore, O

servants of Yamaraja, do not try to take him to your master for punishment

in hellish conditions.

 

SB 6.2.14: One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed

from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly [to

indicate something else], jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even

neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the

scriptures.

 

SB 6.2.15: 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, slipping

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.

 

SB 6.2.16: Authorities who are learned scholars and sages have carefully

ascertained that one should atone for the heaviest sins by undergoing a

heavy process of atonement and one should atone for lighter sins by

undergoing lighter atonement. Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, however,

vanquishes all the effects of sinful activities, regardless of whether

heavy or light.

 

SB 6.2.17: Although one may neutralize the reactions of sinful life through

austerity, charity, vows and other such methods, these pious activities

cannot uproot the material desires in one's heart. However, if one serves

the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, he is immediately freed from

all such contaminations.

 

SB 6.2.18: As a fire burns dry grass to ashes, so the holy name of the

Lord, whether chanted knowingly or unknowingly, burns to ashes, without

fail, all the reactions of one's sinful activities.

 

SB 6.2.19: If a person unaware of the effective potency of a certain

medicine takes that medicine or is forced to take it, it will act even

without his knowledge because its potency does not depend on the patient's

understanding. Similarly, even though one does not know the value of

chanting the holy name of the Lord, if one chants knowingly or unknowingly,

the chanting will be very effective.

 

SB 6.2.20: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, having thus

perfectly judged the principles of devotional service with reasoning and

arguments, the order carriers of Lord Vishnu released the brahmana Ajamila

from the bondage of the Yamadutas and saved him from imminent death.