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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
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 Thākura 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.
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तांस्ते वेदितुमिच्छामो यदि नो मन्यसे क्षमम् । नारायणेत्यभिहिते मा भैरित्याययुर्द्धतम् ॥१०॥
tān te veditum icchāmo yadi no manyase kṣamam nārāyaṇety abhihite mā bhair ity āyayur drutam
tān—about them; te—from you; veditum—to know; icchāmaḥ—we wish; yadi—if; naḥ—for us; manyase—you think; kṣamam—suitable; nārāyaṇa—Nārāyaṇa; iti—thus; abhihite—being uttered; mā—do not; bhaiḥ—fear; iti—thus; āyayuḥ—they arrived; drutam—very soon.
TRANSLATION
As soon as the sinful Ajāmila uttered the name Nārāyaṇa, these four beautiful men immediately arrived and reassured him, saying, “Do not fear. Do not fear.” We wish to know about them from Your Lordship. If you think we are able to understand them, kindly describe who they are.
PURPORT
The order carriers of Yamarāja, being very much aggrieved because of their defeat by the four Viṣṇudūtas, wanted to bring them before