Text 4] Yamaraja Instructs His Messengers 145
TEXT 4
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yamadiita iicuh
kati santiha sastaro
Jiva-lokasya vai prabho
trai-vidhyam kurvatah karma
phalabhivyakti-hetavah
yamaditah ticuh—the order carriers of Yamaraja said; kati—how
many; santi—are there; iha—in this world; sdstarah—controllers or
rulers; jiva-lokasya—of this material world; vai—indeed; prabho—O
master; trai-vidhyam—under the three modes of material nature; kur-
vatah—performing; karma—activity; phala—of the results;
abhivyakti—of the manifestation; hetavah—causes.
TRANSLATION
The Yamaditas said: Our dear lord, how many controllers or
rulers are there in this material world? How many causes are re-
sponsible for manifesting the various results of activities per-
formed under the three modes of material nature [sattva-guna,
rajo-guna and tamo-guna] ?
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that the Yamaditas, the
order carriers of Yamaraja, were so disappointed that they asked their
master, almost in great anger, whether there were many masters other
than him. Furthermore, because the Yamaditas had been defeated and
their master could not protect them, they were inclined to say that there
was no need to serve such a master. If a servant cannot carry out the or-
ders of his master without being defeated, what is the use of serving such
a powerless master?
