# Ajamila’s History To demonstrate the power of *bhakti*, Sukadeva Goswami narrated the history of Ajamila. While growing up, Ajamila was trained as a perfect *brahmana*, spotless in character and learned in scriptural wisdom. Once, however, while alone in the forest, he chanced upon a lusty *sudra* embracing a prostitute. The amorous scene captured his mind, and Ajamila was drawn to that prostitute, whom he later married, shamelessly abandoning his elderly parents and chaste wife in the process. He lost all sense of religiosity (*dharma*) and knowledge (*jnana*), abandoned all good qualities, and engaged in various sinful acts for the upkeep of his sensual gratification and pleasure. Of his ten sons, Ajamila was particularly attached to the youngest, whose name was Narayana. As death approached, the fallen *brahmana* saw three dreadful Yamadutas (messengers of Yamaraja, the god of death) appear before him, eager to escort him away. In a fit of desperation, he spontaneously called out for his son, Narayana, which caused four messengers of Lord Vishnu (Vishnudutas) to unexpectedly appear. The agents of Yamaraja justified their decision to punish the sinful Ajamila, explaining how the conditioned soul is bound by his own works, just as a silkworm is entrapped in a cocoon made of its own saliva. They saw no reason to release Ajamila, who had committed a string of unspeakable sins. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-06/e.p.i.c/e-escaping-hell-1-3/ajamilas-history.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.