Abhinava Ajamila or New age Ajamila -2

1/26/09

Abhinava Ajamila's plan of remembering Lord and chanting His naamam at the last moment of his life was not successful because he never practiced remembering Lord. 

Bhagavan told in Bhagavad Gita " Anthakaale cha maameva smaran" meaning "you have to think of me (all your life and) also at the time of leaving this body". That word cha has very deep meaning. Bhagavan could have said "anthakale maameva smaran". He purposefully added that small word cha to tell us that we have to think of Him through out our life, and also at the time of death. And what is the upaayam or trick to be able to think of Him at the last moment of our life? All life we have to train ourselves to think of him or we should practice "Niranthara smarana".

 

Sree Ramakrishna paramahamsar advises us to imitate Bhaktha Prahlada and not Ajamila. He says

 "Imitate Prahlada and start remembering him from childhood. Incorporate Him in every event, every moment in your life"

 

In Varaaha Puraanam, Varaaha Murthy assures that when His bhaktha or devotee who remembered and worshipped Him through out his life becomes unconscious or memory loss happens for any other reason, 

"Aham smaarami madbhakatham, nayaami paramaam gathim" meaning God himself will think of the bhaktha (instead of him thinking of Lord) and gives him paramagathi or moksham.

 

What this means is remembering God at the time of death is essential to get moksham, but if a life long devotee fails to remember Him by any reason, instead of the devotee remembering Him, He will remember the devotee and never let the devotee go back in to the miserable cycles of birth and death. If the Lord thinks of us, what else do we need?

 

Kanchi Chandrasekhara Sarasawthi Swamigal  advises to think like this;. 

"when I am so healthy and now if I do not remember and worship you , how will I remember you when I am in my death bed when none of the senses are with me? Bless me to think of you continuously in my life- journey.  I may not remember you in my last moments, but please remember me . In my death bed, so many people will surround me and say :

Can you recognize me I am your daughter, son ,wife/husband etc? Similarly, oh my Lord ! may you come in front of me and say I am your parama bandhu which will take me to paramapadam."

 

There is no specific time to think of Bhagavan. Bhagavan Himself says: "Thasmaad sarveshu kaaleshu". or "Think of me all the time."

 

 

Sreekrishnaarpanamashtu