भुञ्जान: प्रपिबन् खादन् बालकं स्नेहयन्त्रित: । भोजयन् पाययन् मूढो न वेदागतमन्तकम् ॥ २६ ॥
bhunjanah prapiban khadan balakam sneha-yantritah bhojayan payayan mudho na vedagatam antakam
- bhunjanah
- while eating
- prapiban
- while drinking
- khadan
- while chewing
- balakam
- unto the child
- sneha-yantritah
- being attached by affection
- bhojayan
- feeding
- payayan
- giving something to drink
- mudhah
- the foolish man
- na
- not
- veda
- understood
- agatam
- had arrived
- antakam
- death.
When Ajamila chewed food and ate it, he called the child to chew and eat, and when he drank he called the child to drink also. Always engaged in taking care of the child and calling his name, Narayana, Ajamila could not understand that his own time was now exhausted and that death was upon him.