अन्यथा म्रियमाणस्य नाशुचेर्वृषलीपते: । वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणं जिह्वा वक्तुमिहार्हति ॥ ३३ ॥
anyatha mriyamanasya nasucer vrsali-pateh vaikuntha-nama-grahanam jihva vaktum iharhati
- anyatha
- otherwise
- mriyamanasya
- of a person who is just ready for death
- na
- not
- asuceh
- most unclean
- vrsali-pateh
- the keeper of a prostitute
- vaikuntha
- of the Lord of Vaikuntha
- nama-grahanam
- the chanting of the holy name
- jihva
- the tongue
- vaktum
- to speak
- iha
- in this situation
- arhati
- is able.
Were it not for my past devotional service, how could I, a most unclean keeper of a prostitute, have gotten an opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikunthapati when I was just ready to die? Certainly it could not have been possible.