Appears in
- Ajamila calls his son — Skandha 6, adhyayas 1-3 — A dying man calls his youngest son, Narayana, and the name stops Yama's messengers at the bedside.
Embodies
- The power of the Name — A name said even by accident at the hour of death carries a sinner past Yama — and the book ends by praising the Name.
Questions to explore
- What did Ajamila do with the years he was given after his rescue?
- Why does it matter that Ajamila was not thinking of God when he called the name?
- What made Ajamila fall from his early life?
