Varaha Purana 193.8: Adhyaya 193, Shloka 8
Naciketas’ Journey to Yama’s Abode and the Eulogy of Truthfulness
न गच्छेयं कथं विप्र प्रेतराज्ञो निवेशनम् ॥ धर्मराजस्य धीरस्य सर्वलोकानुशासिनः ॥
na gaccheyaṃ kathaṃ vipra pretarājño niveśanam || dharmarājasya dhīrasya sarvalokānuśāsinaḥ
ब्राह्मण, कोई कैसे नहीं जाए यमराज के पास? वो धरमराज है, बहुत स्टेडी और सब दुनिया का काम संभालता है।
Janamejaya
FAQs
It preserves a common Sanskrit ethical concern: the wish to avoid punitive post-mortem realms by understanding dharma, expressed through formal epithets for Yama as moral governor.
The “niveśana” of Pretarāja/Dharmarāja is a cosmological abode (Yama’s domain), not a terrestrial geography.
The line links conduct to consequence and implies that adherence to dharma is the method by which one avoids adverse post-mortem outcomes.
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