178 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 3

tan dnayadhvam asato vinukhan mukunda-
paddaravinda-makaranda-rasad ajasram

niskiricanaih paramahamsa-kulair asangair
Justad grhe niraya-vartmani baddha-trsnan

tan—them; dnayadhvam—bring before me; asatah—nondevotees
(those who have not taken to Krsna consciousness); vimukhén—who
have turned against; mukunda—of Mukunda, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; pdada-aravinda—of the lotus feet; makaranda—of the
honey; rasdét—the taste; ajasram—continuously; niskificanaih—by per-
sons completely free from material attachment; paramahamsa-kulaih—
by the paramaharnsas, the most exalted personalities; asarigaih—who
have no material attachment; justadt—which is enjoyed; grhe—to house-
hold life; niraya-vartmani—the path leading to hell; baddha-trsnan—
whose desires are bound.

TRANSLATION

Paramaharnsas are exalted persons who have no taste for ma-
terial enjoyment and who drink the honey of the Lord’s lotus feet.
My dear servants, bring to me for punishment only persons who
are averse to the taste of that honey, who do not associate with
paramaharnsas and who are attached to family life and worldly en-
joyment, which form the path to hell.

PURPORT

After warning the Yamaditas not to approach the devotees, Yamaraja
now indicates who is to be brought before him. He specifically advises the
Yamaditas to bring him the materialistic persons who are attached to
household life merely for sex. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam, yan
maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham: people are attached to
household life for sex only. They are always harassed in many ways by
their material engagements, and their only happiness is that after work-
ing very hard all day, at night they sleep and indulge in sex. Nidraya
hriyate naktam vyavayena ca va vayah: at night, materialistic house-
holders sleep or indulge in sex life. Diva carthehaya rajan kutumba-
bharanena va: during the day they are busy trying to find out where
