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Yamarāja Instructs His Messengers
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duties toward Viṣṇu ( akṛta-viṣṇu-kṛtyān ). One who does not chant the holy name of Viṣṇu ( Kṛṣṇa ), who does not bow down to the Deity of Viṣṇu, and who does not remember the lotus feet of Viṣṇu is punishable by Yamarāja. In summary, all  avaiṣṇavas , persons unconcerned with Lord Viṣṇu, are punishable by Yamarāja.
TEXT 30
तत् क्षम्यतां स मगवान् पुरुषः पुराणो
नारायणः स्वपुरुषैर्यदसत्कृतं नः ।
स्वानामहो न विदुषां रचिताञ्जलीनां
क्षान्तिर्गरीयसि नमः पुरुषाय भूम्ने ॥३०॥
tat kṣamyatām sa bhagavān puruṣaḥ purāṇo nārāyaṇaḥ sva-puruṣair yad asat kṛtam naḥ svānām aho na viduṣām racitānjalīnām kṣāntir garīyasi namaḥ puruṣāya bhūmne
tat —that;  kṣamyatām —let it be excused;  saḥ —He;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  puruṣaḥ —the Supreme Person;  purāṇaḥ —the oldest;  nārāyaṇaḥ —Lord Nārāyaṇa;  sva-puruṣaiḥ —by my own servants;  yat —which;  asat —impudence;  kṛtam —performed;  naḥ —of us;  svānām —of my own men;  aho —alas;  na viduṣām —not knowing;  racita-anjalīnām —folding our hands together to beg Your pardon;  kṣāntiḥ —forgiveness;  garīyasi —in the glorious;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  puruṣāya —unto the person;  bhūmne —supreme and all-pervading.
TRANSLATION
[Then Yamarāja, considering himself and his servants to be offenders, spoke as follows, begging pardon from the Lord.] O my Lord, my servants have surely committed a great offense by arresting a Vaiṣṇava such as Ajāmila. O Nārāyaṇa, O supreme and oldest person, please forgive us. Because of our ignorance, we failed to recognize Ajāmila as a servant of Your Lordship, and thus we have certainly committed a great offense. Therefore with folded hands