यमोऽहं सर्वभूतानां दुष्टानां कर्मकारिणाम् । धर्म रूपो हि सर्वेषां मनुजानां जितात्मनाम्
yamo'haṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ duṣṭānāṃ karmakāriṇām | dharma rūpo hi sarveṣāṃ manujānāṃ jitātmanām
„Ich bin Yama für alle Wesen, für die Bösen, die sündige Taten vollbringen. Doch für alle selbstbeherrschten Menschen bin ich wahrhaft die Gestalt des Dharma selbst.“
Yama
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varddhanī
Scene: Yama declares his dual aspect: terrifying judge for sinners, embodiment of Dharma for the self-mastered; the imagery contrasts shadowy punitive aura with luminous dharmic radiance.
Divine justice is twofold: it restrains wrongdoing, yet it supports and protects those who have conquered the self through Dharma.
No site is explicitly praised; the verse offers theological clarification within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.
No ritual is stated; the implied discipline is jitātmatā—self-mastery aligned with Dharma.