नामोच्चारणमाहात्म्यं हरे: पश्यत पुत्रका: । अजामिलोऽपि येनैव मृत्युपाशादमुच्यत ॥ २३ ॥
namoccarana-mahatmyam hareh pasyata putrakah ajamilo ’pi yenaiva mrtyu-pasad amucyata
- nama
- of the holy name
- uccarana
- of the pronouncing
- mahatmyam
- the exalted position
- hareh
- of the Supreme Lord
- pasyata
- just see
- putrakah
- O my dear servants, who are like my sons
- ajamilah api
- even Ajamila (who was considered greatly sinful)
- yena
- by the chanting of which
- eva
- certainly
- mrtyu-pasat
- from the ropes of death
- amucyata
- was delivered.
My dear servants, who are as good as my sons, just see how glorious is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The greatly sinful Ajamila chanted only to call his son, not knowing that he was chanting the Lord’s holy name. Nevertheless, by chanting the holy name of the Lord, he remembered Narayana, and thus he was immediately saved from the ropes of death.