Devanagari
निशम्य म्रियमाणस्य मुखतो हरिकीर्तनम् ।
भर्तुर्नाम महाराज पार्षदा: सहसापतन् ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
niśamya mriyamāṇasya
mukhato hari-kīrtanam
bhartur nāma mahārāja
pārṣadāḥ sahasāpatan
Synonyms
niśamya
—
hearing
;
mriyamāṇasya
—
of the dying man
;
mukhataḥ
—
from the mouth
;
hari
—
kīrtanam — chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
;
bhartuḥ nāma
—
the holy name of their master
;
mahā
—
rāja — O King
;
pārṣadāḥ
—
the order carriers of Viṣṇu
;
sahasā
—
immediately
;
āpatan
—
arrived .
Translation
My dear King, the order carriers of Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, immediately arrived when they heard the holy name of their master from the mouth of the dying Ajāmila, who had certainly chanted without offense because he had chanted in complete anxiety.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King! Hearing glorification of the Lord from the mouth of the dying man who uttered the name of their master, the associates of Viṣṇu arrived suddenly.
Hearing hari-kīrtana, the associates of Viṣṇu arrived. It came from the mouth of the dying man uttering Viṣṇu’s name.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks,
hari-kīrtanaṁ niśamyāpatan, katham-bhūtasya bhartur nāma bruvataḥ:
the order carriers of Lord Viṣṇu came because Ajāmila had chanted the holy name of Nārāyaṇa. They did not consider why he was chanting. While chanting the name of Nārāyaṇa, Ajāmila was actually thinking of his son, but simply because they heard Ajāmila chanting the Lord’s name, the order carriers of Lord Viṣṇu, the Viṣṇudūtas, immediately came for Ajāmila’s protection.
Hari-kīrtana
is actually meant to glorify the holy name, form, pastimes and qualities of the Lord. Ajāmila, however, did not glorify the form, qualities or paraphernalia of the Lord; he simply chanted the holy name. Nevertheless, that chanting was sufficient to cleanse him of all sinful activities. As soon as the Viṣṇudūtas heard their master’s name being chanted, they immediately came. In this regard Śrīla Vijayadhvaja Tīrtha remarks:
anena putra-sneham antareṇa prācīnādṛṣṭa-balād udbhūtayā bhaktyā bhagavan-nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ kṛtam iti jṣāyate.
“Ajāmila chanted the name of Nārāyaṇa because of his excessive attachment to his son. Nevertheless, because of his past good fortune in having rendered devotional service to Nārāyaṇa, he apparently chanted the holy name in full devotional service and without offenses.”