Every human being is expected to engage in activities that bring them closer to Krishna or Visnu. Therefore, Yamaraja asks the Yamadutas to bring to him those who have forgotten their duties to the Lord. In other words, those who do not chant the holy name of Visnu (Krishna), who do not prostrate themselves before the image of Krishna in temples, and who do not remember his lotus feet are liable to be punished by Yamaraja. In short, all those who do not care for Krishna or Visnu are liable to be punished by Yamaraja.

Then, Yamaraja, considering himself an offender like his servants, implored the Lord's forgiveness in these words: O Lord, my servants have surely committed a grave and serious offense by attempting to seize a Vaisnava like Ajamila. O Narayana, O Supreme Being, You the most ancient of all, please forgive us. Due to our ignorance, we failed to recognize Ajamila as a servant of Your Grace, and we have certainly committed a serious offense. With folded hands, we implore Your forgiveness. Lord, since You are supremely merciful and ever full of good qualities, please forgive us. We offer You our most respectful obeisances.

Yamaraja took upon himself the responsibility for the offense committed by his servants. Although he was above all offense, his servants had gone to arrest Ajamila, so to speak with his permission, which constituted a grave offense. However, the Nyaya-sastra (sacred Sanskrit texts) confirms that if a servant commits a mistake, his master is liable to punishment, for he is responsible for the offense committed. Considering this seriously, Yamaraja, accompanied by his servants, prayed with folded hands that Narayana, the Supreme Lord, might forgive them.

How can we escape forgetfulness?

We have forgotten everything about God, the bond that unites us to Him, our true spiritual identity, our original home in the spiritual world. How can we escape this illusory world where we must undergo the cycle of repeated reincarnations and, in each life, experience these four sufferings: birth, illness, old age, and death?

We have forgotten God, as well as the loving and devoted service we must offer Him. This is why we are lost in this world of the dead and successive reincarnations, where suffering is permanent.

In truth, forgetfulness stems from three sources.

The first source is remaining distant from God.

The second source is the change of body at the time of death, which causes it, because as spirit souls, we must reincarnate. In reality, forgetfulness comes from death. When we die, we must change bodies, which then causes forgetfulness.

The third source is the body in which we are reincarnated, which perpetuates forgetfulness.