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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.2

yamasya devasya na daṇḍa-bhańgaḥ

kutaścanarṣe śruta-pūrva āsīt

etan mune vṛścati loka-saḿśayaḿ

na hi tvad-anya iti me viniścitam

SYNONYMS

yamasya — of Yamarāja; devasya — the demigod in charge of judgment; na — not; daṇḍa-bhańgaḥ — the breaking of the order; kutaścana — from anywhere; ṛṣeO great sage; śruta-pūrvaḥ — heard before; āsīt — was; etat — this; muneO great sage; vṛścati — can eradicate; loka-saḿśayam — the doubt of people; na — not; hi — indeed; tvat-anyaḥ — anyone other than you; iti — thus; me — by me; viniścitam — concluded.

TRANSLATION

O great sage, never before has it been heard anywhere that an order from Yamarāja has been baffled. Therefore I think that people will have doubts about this that no one but you can eradicate. Since that is my firm conviction, kindly explain the reasons for these events.

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