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Chapter 3: Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers

Verse 2 of 33
SB 6.3.2

यमस्य देवस्य न दण्डभंगः कुतश्चनर्षे श्रुतपूर्व आसीत् एतन्मुने वृश्चति लोकसंशयं न हि त्वदन्य इति मे विनिश्चितम्

yamasya devasya na daṇḍa-bhaṅgaḥ kutaścanarṣe śruta-pūrva āsīt etan mune vṛścati loka-saṁśayaṁ na hi tvad-anya iti me viniścitam

Synonyms

yamasyaof Yamarāja; devasyathe demigod in charge of judgment; nanot; daṇḍa-bhaṅgaḥthe breaking of the order; kutaścanafrom anywhere; ṛṣeO great sage; śruta-pūrvaḥheard before; āsītwas; etatthis; muneO great sage; vṛścatican eradicate; loka-saṁśayamthe doubt of people; nanot; hiindeed; tvat-anyaḥanyone other than you; itithus; meby me; viniścitamconcluded..

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.

Verse 2 of 33