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Shrimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Dear Shri Vimal,
I stand corrected. Thanks for correcting me. What you have mentioned 
is exactly as per Shrimad Bhagavadam. After he was spared, he went to 
Hari-Dwaram and adopted Bhakthi-Yoga and attained moksham.

Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jamataram Munim

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
Lakshmi Narasimhan

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vimalkumar ranganathan 
<panardasan@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear Shri Lakshmi Narasimhan,
> A small "addition" (if
> you will) to your posting on AjAmila.
> 
> The story of Ajamlila gos
> like this: He was born in a brahmana family and HE DID
> FOLLOW THE SAMSKARAS AND PRACTICES when he was young.
> Once he had gone to the forest to fetch figs for a
> yaga. There he saw a beautiful prostitute involved in
> Conjugal action with another person. Our AjAmila was
> so trapped in her beauty, he became addicted to her.
> He went behind her, forgetting all about his duties.
> She was a very lowly woman, and to support her, he
> started doing all sinful actions, plundering and
> pillaging included.
> He had many kids and
> somehow (I'll get back to it later) the last son was
> named "Narayana". Narayana, the toddler, became his
> most favourite son, his only companion. He would call
> "Narayana" for anything and everything. Come death
> time, the yamadhootas, with their gory, very scary
> countenances,appeared, seeing which our Ajamila got
> really scared. "Narayana, Narayana" yelled our
> Ajamila, calling his dearest son, with Perumal not
> being in his mind even a lilttle bit!! Then, there
> appeared the Vishnudhoothas, who asked the Yamadhootas
> to go away and not grab him, as he had chanted the
> holy name of the Lord even inadvertently. Such is the
> power of the Lord's holyname.
> 
> There are some points to be noted: 
> 
> * Ajamila did not go to Vaikuntha right after that
> incident. After he was spared, he moved to some holy
> place (I guess Rishikesh) and did lots of devotional
> activities before going to Vaikuntha.
> 
> * He did not name his last son. When a Rishi of the
> lord was visiting town, he happened to stay at
> Ajamila's place for the night, the infant was not even
> named, as Ajamila had not even bothered. So, the Rishi
> christened his last son, "Narayana", thereby becoming
> a "Guru" of sorts to Ajamila, as he started calling
> the word "Narayana" ever since then. Even in Ajamila's
> case, a "Guru" was involved (indirectly, but still)!!
> 
> * Is it Nirhetuka?? Definitely, according to me.
> Ajamila had done nothing to surrender to the lord. The
> Lord used his calling his name (accidentally) as a
> reason to offer him salvation.
> 
> I request you all to kindly pardon me for any
> inaccuracies or misunderstandings from my side.
> 
> 
> Dasan,
> 
> Kidambi Soundararajan.





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