Text 2] Ajamila Delivered by the Visnuditas 91

TEXT 2

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HA WE THIN: TTT TAT |
PARSTTTTY Ta MAI TA | 2 II

Sri-visnudiita ticuh
aho kastamm dharma-drsam
adharmah sprsate sabham
yatradandyesv apdpesu
dando yair dhriyate urtha

Sri-visnuditah ticuh—the Visnuditas said; aho—alas; kastam—how
painful it is; dharma-drsam—of persons interested in maintaining
religion; adharmah—irreligion; sprsate—is affecting; sabhdm—the
assembly; yatra—wherein; adandyesu—upon persons not to be
punished; apdpesu—who are sinless; dandah—punishment; yaih—by
whom; dhriyate—is being allotted; vrtha—unnecessarily.

TRANSLATION

The Visnuditas said: Alas, how painful it is that irreligion is
being introduced into an assembly where religion should be main-
tained. Indeed, those in charge of maintaining the religious prin-
ciples are needlessly punishing a sinless, unpunishable person.

PURPORT

The Visnuditas accused the Yamaditas of violating the religious prin-
ciples by attempting to drag Ajamila to Yamaraja for punishment.
Yamaraja 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 en-
tire assembly of Yamaraja is contaminated. This principle applies not
only in the assembly of Yamaraja, 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
