Story
Ajamila and the Name Narayana
- verses
- 152
- book
- 1
- chapters
- 3
What the texts say
The Bhagavata Purana tells of Ajamila and the Name Narayana: Ajamila, a learned brahmana of Kanyakubja, falls under a prostitute's influence. Bhagavatam 6.1.21, 6.1.56 His youngest son is a baby named Narayana, a name of Vishnu, and Ajamila keeps calling the child. Bhagavatam 6.1.24, 6.1.26 At death he sees three fearsome figures with ropes, come to take him to the abode of Yama, and he calls loudly to his son. Bhagavatam 6.1.28 The Vishnudutas, servants of Vishnu, free him from their nooses. Bhagavatam 6.2.22, 6.1.31 They teach that the Lord's name, chanted knowingly or unknowingly, burns away sins like fire. Bhagavatam 6.2.18, 6.2.14 Freed, Ajamila bows to them, condemns his sinful life, and becomes a devotee. Bhagavatam 6.2.22, 6.2.27, 6.2.24
Where the story is told
Bhagavatam 6.1-6.3
Begins at 6.1.21Who is in it
Where to read
Every verse that tells the story, book by book.
- 6.1.21
ໃນເມືອງການຍະກຸບຊະ ມີພຣາຫມັນຊື່ ອະຈາມິລະ ຜູ້ໄດ້ຢູ່ກິນກັບນາງທາສີຜູ້ເປັນໂສເພນີ. ເນື່ອງຈາກສັງຄົມຕໍ່ານັ້ນ ສິນທຳຂອງເຂົາສູນໄປ ແລະຄຸນພຣາຫມັນກໍເສື່ອມສະລາຍ.
- 6.1.22
ອະຈາມິລະຜູ້ຕົກຕໍ່າໄດ້ຍຶດອາຊີບອັນນ່າຕຳນິ: ຈັບຄົນຂັງ, ໂກງໃນການພະນັນ, ແລະລັກ-ປົ້ນ. ເຂົາບໍ່ບໍລິສຸດ ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ຜູ້ອື່ນເຈັບທຸກ ເພື່ອລ້ຽງດູຄອບຄົວ.
- 6.1.23
ຂ້າແຕ່ພະຣາຊາ, ເມື່ອເຂົາຢູ່ຢ່າງນັ້ນ ແລະລ້ຽງດູລູກຊາຍຫຼາຍຄົນ ກໍໃຊ້ເວລາໃນກຳບາບ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ 88 ປີໃນຊີວິດຂອງເຂົາກໍຜ່ານໄປ.
- 6.1.21