एतेनैव ह्यघोनोऽस्य कृतं स्यादघनिष्कृतम् । यदा नारायणायेति जगाद चतुरक्षरम् ॥ ८ ॥
etenaiva hy aghono ’sya krtam syad agha-niskrtam yada narayanayeti jagada catur-aksaram
- etena
- by this (chanting)
- eva
- indeed
- hi
- certainly
- aghonah
- who possesses sinful reactions
- asya
- of this (Ajamila)
- krtam
- performed
- syat
- is
- agha
- of sins
- niskrtam
- complete atonement
- yada
- when
- narayana
- O Narayana (the name of his son)
- aya
- please come
- iti
- thus
- jagada
- he chanted
- catuh-aksaram
- the four syllables (na-ra-ya-na).
The Visnudutas continued: Even previously, while eating and at other times, this Ajamila would call his son, saying, My dear Narayana, please come here Although calling the name of his son, he nevertheless uttered the four syllables na-ra-ya-na. Simply by chanting the name of Narayana in this way, he sufficiently atoned for the sinful reactions of millions of lives.