Varaha Purana 198.24: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 24
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
सर्वं दर्शय मे राजन्यदि त्वं वरदो मम ॥ चित्रगुप्तं च तं राजन्कार्यार्थं तव चिन्तकम्
sarvaṃ darśaya me rājanyadi tvaṃ varado mama || citraguptaṃ ca taṃ rājankāryārthaṃ tava cintakam
राजा, मुझे सब दिखाओ अगर आप मुझे वरदान देनेवाले हैं। और चित्रगुप्त को भी दिखाओ, जो आपका काम संभालता है और आपकी मदद करता है।
Ṛṣiputra
FAQs
It attests to the widespread South Asian motif of karmic accounting, with Chitragupta functioning as an administrative figure in moral cosmology.
No specific earthly geography is identified; the request pertains to a cosmological-administrative setting.
It implies accountability: deeds are conceptually tracked and evaluated within an ordered moral system.
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