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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