Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 23
Ajāmila Delivered: Viṣṇudūtas Establish the Supremacy of the Holy Name
तं विवक्षुमभिप्रेत्य महापुरुषकिङ्करा: । सहसा पश्यतस्तस्य तत्रान्तर्दधिरेऽनघ ॥ २३ ॥
taṁ vivakṣum abhipretya mahāpuruṣa-kiṅkarāḥ sahasā paśyatas tasya tatrāntardadhire ’nagha
O sinless Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the order carriers of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Viṣṇudūtas, saw that Ajāmila was attempting to say something, and thus they suddenly disappeared from his presence.
The śāstras say:
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They understood Ajāmila was about to speak (likely to inquire, repent, or glorify the Lord), and having completed their intervention, they vanished from his sight.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this verse to King Parīkṣit while describing Ajāmila’s deliverance.
Divine help may come unexpectedly, but one should respond by turning sincerely toward spiritual speech and practice—repentance, inquiry, and remembrance of God.