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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.7

atas tvam eko bhūtānāḿ

seśvarāṇām adhīśvaraḥ

śāstā daṇḍa-dharo nṝṇāḿ

śubhāśubha-vivecanaḥ

SYNONYMS

ataḥas such; tvam — you; ekaḥ — one; bhūtānām — of all living beings; sa-īśvarāṇām — including all the demigods; adhīśvaraḥ — the supreme master; śāstā — the supreme ruler; daṇḍa-dharaḥ — the supreme administrator of punishment; nṝṇām — of human society; śubha-aśubha-vivecanaḥ — 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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