The Name, uttered even without faith, cuts the ropes of death
Ajāmila · Nārāyaṇa · viṣṇudūta
The Name, uttered even without faith, cuts the ropes of death
Ajāmila · Nārāyaṇa · viṣṇudūta
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"In great desperation he called out, 'Nārāyaṇa.' … At once four beautiful shining persons appeared there, with complexion like a rain cloud … with a disc, club, conch, lotus … and they cut the rope, and the Yamadūtas were afraid and they backed off."
The sinner Ajamila was dying and, in terror, cried out the name of his youngest son: "Narayana!" He was calling the child — not God. But in that same instant four shining, four-armed Vishnudutas the color of a rain cloud descended from the sky, wearing golden crowns, bearing a disc, a mace, a conch, and a lotus — and with a single motion cut the ropes with which the Yamadutas were dragging away his soul. So the Name freed one who didn't even understand what he was uttering.
If the Name acts like this by accident, what does every conscious repetition carry?