Was Ajamila’s calling out to Vishnu an utterance or a remembrance?
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So what Ajam is calling out Krishna, was it a remembrance or an utterance? Actually Vishwanath Chakraborty explains that it was an utterance which became a remembrance. That means he was attached to his child.
And initially when he saw the Yamunutas, he simply called out to his child, Narayana. But as he was uttering the words, he started thinking, oh no, this small child Narayana, what can he help me? This is the time when I have to remember the Lord Narayana. So initially when he was chanting, he was referring to his child.
So utterance was with reference to his child. But the very utterance led to the remembrance of Narayana. But because he had not chanted it with devotion, so he was not liberated by that chanting.
He was given a second chance. And he took that second chance very earnestly. Practiced the process of purification rigidly and then he was liberated.