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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.6
śāstritvam upacāro hi
SYNONYMS
kintu — but; śāstri — of governors or judges; bahutve — in the plurality; syāt — there may be; bahūnām — of many; iha — in this world; karminām — persons performing actions; śāstritvam — departmental management; upacārah — administration; hi — indeed; yathā — just like; mandala-vartinām — of the departmental heads.
TRANSLATION
The Yamadūtas continued: Since there are many different karmīs, or workers, there may be different judges or rulers to give them justice, but just as one central emperor controls different departmental rulers, there must be one supreme controller to guide all the judges.
PURPORT
In governmental management there may be departmental officials to give justice to different persons, but the law must be one, and that central law must control everyone. The Yamadūtas could not imagine that two judges would give two different verdicts in the same case, and therefore they wanted to know who the central judge is. The Yamadūtas were certain that Ajāmila was a most sinful man, but although Yamarāja wanted to punish him, the Vishnudūtas excused him. This was a puzzling situation that the Yamadūtas wanted Yamarāja to clarify.
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