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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

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

Liberation via Thinking of Kṛṣṇa

The Appearance and Disappearance of Kṛṣṇa and His Devotees

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):

Thus with tears in his eyes he somehow or other chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa.