Srimad Bhagavatham : 6.3.11.

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Chapter-3.


Slokam-11.



sri-badarayanir  uvaca :



iti  devah  sa aprstah  praja-samyamano yamah,



pritah  sva-dutan  pratyaha  smaran  padambujam  hareh.





sri-badarayanih  uvaca  =  Sri Suka Mahrishi said;

iti  =  thus;

devah  =  the demigod;

sah  =  he;

aprstah  =  being questioned;

praja-samyamanah  yamah  =  Lord Yamaraja, who controls the living entities ( in the case of death);

pritah  =  being pleased;

sva-dutan  =  to his own servants;

pratyaha  =  replied;

smaran  =  remembering;

pada-ambujam  =  the lotus feet;

hareh  =  of Hari  ( Sri Maha Vishnu ), the Personality of Godhead.



Sri Suka Maharishi said: Thus having been questioned, Lord Yamaraja, the supreme controller of the living entities, was very pleased with his order carriers because of hearing from them the holy name of Narayana. He remembered the lotus feet of the Lord and began to reply.

Sri Yamaraja, the supreme controller of the living entities in terms of their pious and impious activities( Lord of death), was very pleased with his servants because they had chanted the holy name of Narayana in his dominion. Yamaraja has to deal with men who are all sinful and who can hardly understand Narayana. Consequently when his order carriers uttered the name of Narayana, he was extremely pleased, for he also is a Vaishnava.

To be continued  ....