Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33


Sanskrit:

अन्यथा म्रियमाणस्य नाशुचेर्वृषलीपते: ।वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणं जिह्वा वक्तुमिहार्हति ॥ ३३ ॥

ITRANS:

anyathā mriyamāṇasyanāśucer vṛṣalī-pateḥvaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇaṁjihvā vaktum ihārhati

Translation:

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 Vaikuṇṭhapati when I was just ready to die? Certainly it could not have been possible.

Purport:

The name Vaikuṇṭhapati, which means “the master of the spiritual world,” is not different from the name Vaikuṇṭha. Ajāmila, 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 Vaikuṇṭhapati in his horrible condition at the time of death.