Ajamila then saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce, twisted faces, and hair standing erect on their bodies. With ropes in their hands, they had come to take him away to the abode of Yamaraja. When he saw them, he was extremely bewildered, and because of attachment to his child, who was playing a short distance away, Ajamila began to call him loudly by his name.
Thus with tears in his eyes, Ajamila chanted the holy name of Narayana. The order-carriers of Vishnu, the Vishnudutas, immediately arrived when they heard the holy name of their master from the mouth of the dying Ajamila, who had certainly chanted offenselessly because he had chanted in complete anxiety.
The order-carriers of Yamaraja were snatching the soul from the core Ajamila's heart, but with resounding voices the Vishnudutas forbade them to do so.
While suffering at the time of death, Ajamila chanted the holy name of the Lord, and although the chanting was directed toward his son, he nevertheless returned home, back to Godhead. Therefore, if one faithfully and inoffensively chants the holy name of the Lord, he will undoubtedly return to Godhead.
At the time of death, one is certainly bewildered because his bodily functions are in disorder. At that time, even one who throughout his life has practiced chanting the holy name of the Lord may not be able to chant the Hare Krishna mantra very distinctly. Nevertheless, such a person receives all the benefit of chanting the holy name.
While the body is fit, therefore, we should chant the name of the Lord loudly and distinctly. If a person does so, it is quite possible that even at the time of death he will be properly able to chant the holy name of the Lord with love and faith.
In conclusion, one who chants the holy name of the Lord constantly is guaranteed to return home, back to Godhead.
