Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.2.30
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesAjāmila Reflects on His Frightening Experience
“Was this a dream I saw, or was it reality? I saw fearsome men with ropes in their hands coming to arrest me and drag me away. Where have they gone?”
What the purport teaches
- Ajāmila wondered whether what he had seen was a dream or reality.
- He remembered fearsome men carrying ropes who had come to arrest him and drag him away.
- Those men were no longer present, and he asked where they had gone.
Try this today
Read the translation slowly and briefly reflect on Ajāmila's fear and astonishment.
Ask yourself
What does Ajāmila's questioning reveal about how deeply this experience affected him?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.