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Because somehow or other Ajāmila became absorbed in thinking of Nārāyaṇa, or Kṛṣṇa, at the time of death One can think of Kṛṣṇa in any capacity. The gopīs, Kṛṣṇa’s cowherd girlfriends, were absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa out of what appeared to be lusty desire, Śiśupāla became absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa out of anger, and Kaṁsa incessantly thought of Kṛṣṇa out of fear.

Actually, even ordinary living entities never take birth or die, what to speak of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees

Of course, it is best if one thinks of Kṛṣṇa favorably. Bhakti, or devotional service, means thinking favorably of Kṛṣṇa. Kaṁsa were not devotees, because the word devotee implies someone who is favorably disposed toward Kṛṣṇa Thinking of Kṛṣṇa in the opposite way, however, is also accepted by Kṛṣṇa. Thus the destination achieved by the jñānīs is also achieved by the enemies of Kṛṣṇa.

Similarly transcendental are the appearance and disappearance of Kṛṣṇa’s devotees who are sent to this of Vaiṣṇavism, both the appearance and the disappearance of such Vaiṣṇavas, or devotees of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa

The Appearance and Disappearance of Kṛṣṇa and His Devotees

Kṛṣṇa’s devotees do not desire liberation, because their only interest is to be engaged in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, whether in the material world or in the spiritual world. Still, by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, they attain liberation by being elevated to the planet of Goloka Vṛndāvana , the residence of Kṛṣṇa, where the material miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease are conspicuous

In the Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) Kṛṣṇa says, janma karma ca me divyam: “My appearance and disappearance are Why does Kṛṣṇa appear in this world? That He explains in the previous verse (Bhagavad-gītā 4.8):

Liberation via Thinking of Kṛṣṇa

continued: Ajāmila then saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and When he saw them he was extremely bewildered, and because of attachment to his child, who was playing Thus with tears in his eyes he somehow or other chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa.

“To deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion God’s only business is to protect the faithful devotees and to kill the demoniac. Therefore we find Lord Viṣṇu pictured with His weapons, the club and cakra (disc), for protecting the devotees, and the lotus flower and conch for their benediction.

When Ajāmila was dying, he saw three ferocious and very frightening persons with ropes in their hands , unruly hair on their heads, and bodily hair like bristles. These assistants of Yamarāja, the Yamadūtas, had come to drag Ajāmila out of his body and take him to

One may ask, “The devotees die, and the nondevotees also die. What is the difference?” It is like this: The mother cat may catch a rat and carry it in her mouth, and she also carries her kittens It is the same mouth, but the kittens are comfortable and safe, whereas the rat is feeling the jaws of

Fortunately, even though Ajāmila was referring to his son, he chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa, and

the soul itself is not subject to death (na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre), but leaving the present body and