Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 30
Ajāmila Delivered: Viṣṇudūtas Establish the Supremacy of the Holy Name
किमिदं स्वप्न आहो स्वित् साक्षाद् दृष्टमिहाद्भुतम् । क्व याता अद्य ते ये मां व्यकर्षन् पाशपाणय: ॥ ३० ॥
kim idaṁ svapna āho svit sākṣād dṛṣṭam ihādbhutam kva yātā adya te ye māṁ vyakarṣan pāśa-pāṇayaḥ
这究竟是梦，还是我在此亲见的奇异真实？那些手执绳索的可怖之人前来拘捕并拖拽我——如今他们到哪里去了？
FAQs
Ajāmila, having just been seized by the Yamadūtas, wonders whether the sudden reversal—those noose-bearers disappearing after a wondrous intervention—was a dream or a real, astonishing event witnessed at the moment of death.
Because he had been forcibly dragged by the Yamadūtas and then, after the divine interruption (the appearance of the Lord’s messengers in this episode), the terrifying agents vanished; shocked, he doubts his own perception.
It highlights how quickly life can change at the edge of crisis; cultivating steady remembrance of the Lord’s name and living consciously can replace fear and confusion with spiritual clarity.