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Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas
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TEXT 2
श्रीविष्णुदूता ऊचः
अहो कष्टं धर्मदशामधर्मः स्पृशते समाम् । 
  यत्रादप्येष्वपापेषु दण्डो यैर्ध्रियते वृथा ॥ २ ॥
śrī-viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ 
  aho kaṣṭaṁ dharma-dṛśām 
  adharmaḥ spṛśate sabhām 
  yatrādaṇḍyeṣv apāpeṣu 
  daṇḍo yair dhriyate vṛthā
śrī-viṣṇudūtāḥ ūcuḥ—the Viṣṇudūtas said;  aho —alas;  kaṣṭam —how painful it is;  dharma-dṛśām —of persons interested in maintaining religion;  adharmaḥ —irreligion;  spṛśate —is affecting;  sabhām —the assembly;  yatra —wherein;  adaṇḍyeṣu —upon persons not to be punished;  apāpeṣu —who are sinless;  daṇḍaḥ —punishment;  yaiḥ —by whom;  dhriyate —is being allotted;  vṛthā —unnecessarily.
TRANSLATION
The Viṣṇudūtas said: Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is being introduced into an assembly where religion should be maintained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious principles are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person.
PURPORT
The Viṣṇudūtas accused the Yamadūtas of violating the religious principles by attempting to drag Ajāmila to Yamarāja for punishment. Yamarāja is the officer appointed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to judge religious and irreligious principles and to punish people who are irreligious. However, if completely sinless people are punished, the entire assembly of Yamarāja is contaminated. This principle applies not only in the assembly of Yamarāja, but throughout human society also.
In human society, properly maintaining religious principles is the duty of the king's court or the government. Unfortunately, in this  yuga , Kali-yuga, the religious principles are tampered with, and the government