Srimad Bhagavatham : 6.3.1.

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Chapter-3.

Slokam-1.



Sri-rajovaca



nisamya  devah  sva-bhatopavarnitam


pratyaha  kim  tan  api  dharmarajah


evam  hatajno  vihatan murarer


naidesikair  yasya  vase  jano  yam.




Sri-raja uvaca  =  the King said;

nisamya  =  after hearing;

devah  =  Lord Yamarāja;

sva-bhata  =  of his own servants;

upavarnitam  =  the statements;

pratyaha  =  replied;

kim  =  what;

tan  =  unto them;

api  =  also;

dharma-rajah  =  Yamaraja, the superintendent of death and the judge of religious and irreligious activities;

evam  =  thus;

hata-ajnah  =  whose order was foiled;

vihatan  =  who were defeated;

murareh  naidesikaih  =  by the order carriers of Murari, Krishna;

yasya  =  of whom;

vase  =  under the subjugation;

 janah  ayam  =  all the people of the world.




King Parikshit said: O my lord, O asari Suka Maharishi, : Yamaraja is the controller of all living entities in terms of their religious and irreligious activities, but his order had been foiled. When his servants, the Yamadutas, informed him of their defeat by the Vishnudutas, who had stopped them from arresting Ajamila, what did he reply?

To be continued  ....