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Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers
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Personality of Godhead there cannot be such contradictory judgments. The judges and their judgments must be perfect and free from contradictions. Actually the position of Yamarāja was very awkward in the case of Ajāmila because the Yamadūtas were right in attempting to arrest Ajāmila, but the Viṣṇudūtas had baffled them. Although Yamarāja, under these circumstances, was accused by both the Viṣṇudūtas and the Yamadūtas, he is perfect in administering justice because he is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore he will explain what his real position is and how everyone is controlled by the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead.
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किन्तु शास्त्रबहुत्वे स्याद्धहूनामिह कर्मिणाम् । शास्त्रत्वमुपचारो हि यथा मण्डलवर्तिनाम् ॥ ६ ॥
kintu śāstr-bahutve syād bahūnām iha karmiṇām śāstrtvam upacāro hi yathā maṇḍala-vartinām
kintu —but;  śāstr —of governors or judges;  bahutve —in the plurality;  syāt —there may be;  bahūnām —of many;  iha —in this world;  karmiṇām —persons performing actions;  śāstrtvam —departmental management;  upacāraḥ —administration;  hi —indeed;  yathā —just like;  maṇḍala-vartinām —of the departmental heads.
TRANSLATION
The Yamadūtas continued: Since there are many different karmīs, or workers, there may be different judges or rulers to give them justice, but just as one central emperor controls different departmental rulers, there must be one supreme controller to guide all the judges.
PURPORT
In governmental management there may be departmental officials to give justice to different persons, but the law must be one, and that