एवं स विप्लावितसर्वधर्मा दास्या: पति: पतितो गर्ह्यकर्मणा । निपात्यमानो निरये हतव्रत: सद्यो विमुक्तो भगवन्नाम गृह्णन् ॥ ४५ ॥
evam sa viplavita-sarva-dharma dasyah patih patito garhya-karmana nipatyamano niraye hata-vratah sadyo vimukto bhagavan-nama grhnan
- evam
- in this way
- sah
- he (Ajamila)
- viplavita-sarva-dharmah
- who gave up all religious principles
- dasyah patih
- the husband of a prostitute
- patitah
- fallen
- garhya-karmana
- by being engaged in abominable activities
- nipatyamanah
- falling
- niraye
- in hellish life
- hata-vratah
- who broke all his vows
- sadyah
- immediately
- vimuktah
- liberated
- bhagavat-nama
- the holy name of the Lord
- grhnan
- chanting.
Ajamila was a brahmana who because of bad association had given up all brahminical culture and religious principles. Becoming most fallen, he stole, drank and performed other abominable acts. He even kept a prostitute. Thus he was destined to be carried away to hell by the order carriers of Yamaraja, but he was immediately rescued simply by a glimpse of the chanting of the holy name Narayana.