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Chapter 3: Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers

Verse 9 of 33
SB 6.3.9

नीयमानं तवादेशादस्माभिर्यातनागृहान् व्यामोचयन्पातकिनं छित्त्वा पाशान्प्रसह्य ते

nīyamānaṁ tavādeśād asmābhir yātanā-gṛhān vyāmocayan pātakinaṁ chittvā pāśān prasahya te

Synonyms

nīyamānambeing brought; tava ādeśātby your order; asmābhiḥby us; yātanā-gṛhānto the torture chambers, the hellish planets; vyāmocayanreleased; pātakinamthe sinful Ajāmila; chittvācutting; pāśānthe ropes; prasahyaby force; tethey..

Translation

We were bringing the most sinful Ajāmila toward the hellish planets, following your order, when those beautiful persons from Siddhaloka forcibly cut the knots of the ropes with which we were arresting him.

Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura remarks that the Yamadūtas wanted to bring the Viṣṇudūtas before Yamarāja. If Yamarāja could then have punished the Viṣṇudūtas, the Yamadūtas would have been satisfied.

Verse 9 of 33
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