Guru and Namakirtan: One cannot ordinarily be expected to take the Lord’s Name precisely at the moment of death

Nama Article 4^th October 2015

Srimad Bhagavatham 6:2:13

अथैनं मापनयत कृताशेषाघ-निष्कृतम्

यद् असौ भगवन्-नाम म्रियमाणः समग्रहीत्

Vishnu dhoothas tell Yama dhoothas, "Do not take the soul of this man by a wrong path (the path of the sinners) as he has done atonement for all his sins in that he articulated the Lord's Name and at a time when he was about to die (when there was no possibility of his reverting to the path of sin and thereby incurring any more sin; for one cannot ordinarily be expected to take the Lord's Name precisely at the moment of death).

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

We would remember something at the crucial time of death only if we practice remembering it all our life. That is why the easy dharma of 'Nama Sankirtan' is being advocated.

The highest perfection of human life is to remember the God's Name at the end of life.

The best way to help a person attain salvation on his death bed is to Chant the Mahamantra loudly in his ears.

ப்ராணாவஸ்தையில் இருக்கிறவர்களிடம் பக்கத்தில் உட்கார்ந்துகொண்டு 'சிவ சிவ சிவ சிவ'என்றோ 'ராம ராம ராம ராம'என்றோ உரக்கச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். உரக்கச் சொல்லவேண்டியது அவசியம்.