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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.33

అన్యథా మ్రియమాణస్య నాశుచేర్వృషలీపతే: । వైకుణ్ఠనామగ్రహణం జిహ్వా వక్తుమిహార్హతి ॥ ౩౩ ॥
anyathā mriyamāṇasya
[anyathaa mriyamaanasya]
nāśucer vṛṣalī-pateḥ
[naashucher vrishalee-pateh]
vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇaṁ
[vaikuntha-naama-grahanam]
jihvā vaktum ihārhati
[jihvaa vaktum ihaarhati]
anyathā — otherwise mriyamāṇasya — of a person who is just ready for death na — not aśuceḥ — most unclean vṛṣalī-pateḥ — the keeper of a prostitute vaikuṇṭha — of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha nāma-grahaṇam — the chanting of the holy name jihvā — the tongue vaktum — to speak iha — in this situation arhati — is able.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
anyathā mriyamāṇasya
anyathā
otherwise
mriyamāṇasya
of a person who is just ready for death
nāśucer vṛṣalī-pateḥ
na
not
aśuceḥ
most unclean
vṛṣalī-pateḥ
the keeper of a prostitute
vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇaṁ
vaikuṇṭha
of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha
nāma-grahaṇam
the chanting of the holy name
jihvā vaktum ihārhati
jihvā
the tongue
vaktum
to speak
iha
in this situation
arhati
is able.
Were it not for my past devotional service, how could I, a most unclean keeper of a prostitute, have gotten an opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikuṇṭhapati when I was just ready to die? Certainly it could not have been possible.

The name Vaikuṇṭhapati, which means “the master of the spiritual world,” is not different from the name Vaikuṇṭha. Ajāmila, who was now a realized soul, could understand that because of his past spiritual activities in devotional service, he had gotten this opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikuṇṭhapati in his horrible condition at the time of death.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Otherwise, it would not be possible for the tongue of a sinful, dying man, the keeper of a prostitute, to chant the name of the Lord. Vaktum means kartum. Or the meaning can be “the tongue could not chant that which allows one to attain Vaikuṇṭha.”
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