Shloka 14
यम उवाच रमणीया कथा दिव्या युष्मत्तो या मया श्रुता । श्रूयतां चित्रगुप्तस्य भाषितं मम च प्रियम्
yama uvāca ramaṇīyā kathā divyā yuṣmatto yā mayā śrutā | śrūyatāṁ citraguptasya bhāṣitaṁ mama ca priyam ||
Yama said: “The delightful, divine account that I have heard from you is truly worthy of admiration. Now listen to the words spoken by Citragupta—words that are dear and pleasing to me as well.”
यम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames ethical accountability: Yama, the judge of deeds, values the divine narrative and directs attention to Citragupta’s testimony, implying that moral actions are recorded and evaluated within a just cosmic order.
Yama responds to a story he has heard from his interlocutors, praises it as delightful and divine, and then transitions the discourse by inviting the listeners to hear Citragupta’s statement, which Yama finds especially agreeable.