वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणं जिह्वा वक्तुमिहार्हति ॥३३॥
anyathÄ mriyamÄṇasya
nÄÅ›ucer vṛṣalÄ«-pateḥ
vaikuṇá¹ha-nÄma-grahaṇaá¹
jihvÄ vaktum ihÄrhati
anyathÄ - otherwise; mriyamÄṇasya - of a person who is just ready for death; na - not; aÅ›uceḥ - most unclean; vṛṣalÄ«-pateḥ - the keeper of a prostitute; vaikuṇá¹ha - of the Lord of Vaikuṇá¹ha; nÄma-grahaṇam - the chanting of the holy name; jihvÄ - the tongue; vaktum - to speak; iha - in this situation; arhati - is able.
Were it not for my past devotional service, how could I, a most unclean keeper of a prostitute, have gotten an opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikuṇá¹hapati when I was just ready to die? Certainly it could not have been possible.
The name Vaikuṇá¹hapati, which means “the master of the spiritual world,†is not different from the name Vaikuṇá¹ha. AjÄmila, who was now a realized soul, could understand that because of his past spiritual activities in devotional service, he had gotten this opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikuṇá¹hapati in his horrible condition at the time of death.
