The holy name possesses absolute power to liberate even the most sinful soul through innocent, unconscious utterance.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.8 — September 11, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750911SB-VRNDAVAN [22:15 Minutes] SB-06.02.08_750911SB-VRNDAVAN Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [break] [01:42]
Prabhupāda: etenaiva hy aghono 'sya kṛtaṁ syād agha-niṣkṛtaṁ yadā nārāyaṇāyeti jagāda catur-akṣaram [SB 6.2.8] etenaiva hy aghono 'sya kṛtaṁ syād agha-niṣkṛtaṁ yadā nārāyaṇāyeti jagāda catur-akṣaram [SB 6.2.8] Now, the question may be... The Viṣṇudūta asked the Yamadūta, "You don't touch him. Don't try to take him away. He is now clean of all sinful reaction.
You cannot touch him." Yamadūta is meant for the unclean, sinful men, not for the pious, clean men. Criminal department is meant for the unclean, not for the honest gentlemen. Similarly Yamarāja is meant for punishing the sinful men. So apparently he was sinful man.
He did everything. But the Viṣṇudūta came to deliver him. So the question is that "When this man became sinless?" So that answer is given here, etenaiva: "This chanting of 'Nārāyaṇa,' by this process," eva, "indeed, he, also," aghonaḥ—agha means "sinful"—asya, "of this Ajāmila," kṛtaṁ syād agha-niṣkṛtam, "he is now cleansed of all sinful reaction." When he became? Yadā, "from that time," yadā, nārāyaṇa, " 'O Nārāyaṇa,' " āyeti, āyeti, " 'Come here please...' " He was affectionate to his youngest son, little son, child. Generally, father-mother becomes very much attached.
So this child was named Nārāyaṇa. So constantly he was chanting, "Nārāyaṇa, please come here." [aside:] What is that? Devotee: [indistinct] [loud noise of bird] [someone claps hands] Prabhupāda: That's all right. "Nārāyaṇa, please come here. Take your milk.
Nārāyaṇa, please sit down here. Nārāyaṇa, take your meals," like that. So although he was addressing his son, he did not know that this chanting of "Nārāyaṇa" is going to his credit, although he did not know. This is called ajñāta-sukṛti.
He did not know what is the use of chanting "Nārāyaṇa," these four alphabet, catur-akṣaram. But some way or other, he was chanting. So Nārāyaṇa is so kind that although he did not mean real Nārāyaṇa—he was meaning his son—but the affection was there for Nārāyaṇa. So Nārāyaṇa is so kind that consciously or unconsciously, if you chant the holy name of the Lord, it goes to your credit. Just like sometimes when you walk in the street, people say "Hare Kṛṣṇa!" So this is also going to their credit.