Text 30] Yamaraja Instructs His Messengers 18]
duties toward Visnu (akrta-visnu-krtyan). One who does not chant the
holy name of Visnu (Krsna), who does not bow down to the Deity of
Visnu, and who does not remember the lotus feet of Visnu is punishable
by Yamaraja. In summary, all avaisnavas, persons unconcerned with
Lord Visnu, are punishable by Yamaraja.
TEXT 30 .
TG FTA T ATA GET: TIT
ART: ARIK A |
ramet a fact fanstetat
arfeaitrata aa: TOUT YA UZoll
tat ksamyatam sa bhagavan purusah purdno
narayanah sva-purusair yad asat krtarh nah
svanam aho na vidusam racitanjalinam
ksantir gariyasi namah purusdya bhiimne
tat—that; ksamyatam—let it be excused; sah—He; bhagavan—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; purusah—the Supreme Person;
purdnah—the oldest; naraéyanah—Lord Narayana; sva-purusaih—by
my own servants; yat—which; asat—impudence; krtam—performed;
nah—of us; suanadm—of my own men; aho—alas; na vidusém—not
knowing; racita-anjalinam—folding our hands together to beg Your
pardon; ksantih—forgiveness; gariyasi—in the glorious; namah—re-
spectful obeisances; purusa@ya—unto the person; bhiimne—supreme
and all-pervading.
TRANSLATION
[Then Yamaraja, considering himself and his servants to be

offenders, spoke as follows, begging pardon from the Lord.] O my
Lord, my servants have surely committed a great offense by arrest-
ing a Vaisnava such as Ajamila. O Narayana, O supreme and oldest
person, please forgive us. Because of our ignorance, we failed to
recognize Ajamila as a servant of Your Lordship, and thus we have
certainly committed a great offense. Therefore with folded hands
