152 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 3

TEXT 12
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yama uvaca
paro mad-anyo jagatas tasthusas ca
otam protam patavad yatra visvam
yad-amsato ‘sya sthiti-janma-nasa
nasy otavad yasya vase ca lokah

yamah uvaca—Yamaraja replied; parah—superior; mat—than me;
anyah—another; jagatah—of all moving things; tasthusah—of non-
moving things; ca—and; otam—crosswise; protam—lengthwise; pata-
vat—like a woven cloth; yatra—in whom; visvam—the cosmic
manifestation; yat—of whom; amsatah—from the partial expansions;
asya—of this universe; sthiti—the maintenance; janma—the creation;
nasah—the annihilation; nasi—in the nose; ota-vat—like the rope;
yasya—of whom; vase—under the control; ca—and; lokah—the whole
creation.

TRANSLATION

Yamaraja said: My dear servants, you have accepted me as the
Supreme, but factually I am not. Above me, and above all the other
demigods, including Indra and Candra, is the one supreme master
and controller. The : partial manifestations of His personality are
Brahma, Visnu and Siva, who are in charge of the creation, mainte-
nance and annihilation of this universe. He is like the two threads
that form the length and breadth of a woven cloth. The entire
world is controlled by Him just as a bull is controlled by a rope in
its nose.

PURPORT

The order carriers of Yamaraja suspected that there was a ruler even
above Yamaraja. To eradicate their doubts, Yamaraja immediately
