Text 18] Yamaraja Instructs His Messengers 161

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bhitani visnoh sura-pujitani
durdarsa-lingani mahadbhutani
raksanti tad-bhaktimatah parebhyo

mattas ca martyan atha sarvatas ca

bhiitani—living entities or servants; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; sura-pi-
jitani—who are worshiped by the demigods; durdarsa-lingani—possess-
ing forms not easily seen; mahd-adbhutdni—greatly wonderful; rak-
santi—they protect; tat-bhakti-matah—the devotees of the Lord;
parebhyah—from others who are inimical; mattah—from me
(Yamaraja) and my order carriers; ca—and; martyan—the human
beings; atha—thus; sarvatah—from everything; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

The order carriers of Lord Visnu, who are worshiped even by
the demigods, possess wonderful bodily features exactly like those
of Visnu and are very rarely seen. The Visnuditas protect the
devotees of the Lord from the hands of enemies, from envious
persons and even from my jurisdiction, as well as from natural
disturbances.

PURPORT

Yamaraja has specifically described the qualities of the Visnuditas to
convince his own servants not to be envious of them. Yamaraja warned
the Yamaditas that the Visnuditas are worshiped with respectful obei-
sances by the demigods and are always very alert to protect the devotees
of the Lord from the hands of enemies, from natural disturbances and
from all dangerous conditions in this material world. Sometimes the
members of the Krsna Consciousness Society are afraid of the impending
danger of world war and ask what would happen to them if a war should
occur. In all kinds of danger, they should be confident of their protection
by the Visnuditas or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed
