Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 3: Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.7

atas tvam eko bhūtānām

seśvarānām adhīśvarah

śāstā danda-dharo nrinām

śubhāśubha-vivecanah

SYNONYMS

atahas such; tvam — you; ekah — one; bhūtānām — of all living beings; sa-īśvarānām — including all the demigods; adhīśvarah — the supreme master; śāstā — the supreme ruler; danda-dharah — the supreme administrator of punishment; nrinām — of human society; śubha-aśubha-vivecanah — who discriminates between what is auspicious and inauspicious.

TRANSLATION

The supreme judge must be one, not many. It was our understanding that you are that supreme judge and that you have jurisdiction even over the demigods. Our impression was that you are the master of all living entities, the supreme authority who discriminates between the pious and impious activities of all human beings.

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