Shloka 25

The Lakṣmī–Nārāyaṇa Vow Narrative

Puṣya Thursday Observance and the Ethics of Fortune

Devanagari script

किंकरान्प्रेषयामास चंडाद्यान्धर्मराट्प्रभुः । यमाज्ञया समायाता यमदूता भयंकराः

Transliteration

kiṃkarānpreṣayāmāsa caṃḍādyāndharmarāṭprabhuḥ | yamājñayā samāyātā yamadūtā bhayaṃkarāḥ

Translation

ພຣະທັມມະຣາຊາ ຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ ໄດ້ສົ່ງບໍລິວານຂອງພຣະອົງ ຄື ຈັນດະ ແລະອື່ນໆ. ຕາມຄຳສັ່ງຂອງຍະມະ ຍະມະດູດອັນນ່າຢ້ານກໍມາຮອດ.

Word by Word

• किंकरान्: servants/henchmen
• किंकरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• प्रेषयामास: sent forth
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष् (धातु) (causative/णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) परस्मैपदम्

• चण्डाद्यान्: Caṇḍa and others
• चण्डाद्यान्: Karma (Apposition to object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (चण्डः आदिः येषाम्)

• धर्मराट्: the king of Dharma (Yama)
• धर्मराट्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + राज्/राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मस्य राजा)

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• यमाज्ञया: by Yama's command
• यमाज्ञया: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य आज्ञा)

• समायाताः: having arrived/came
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• यमदूताः: Yama's messengers
• यमदूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक) + दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (यमस्य दूताः)

• भयंकराः: terrifying
• भयंकराः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (भयं करोति)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual speaker not specified in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: किंकरान्प्रेषयामास → किंकरान् + प्रेषयामास; चंडाद्यान्धर्मराट्प्रभुः → चण्डाद्यान् + धर्मराट् + प्रभुः; यमाज्ञया → यम + आज्ञया

Characters & Entities

• Dharma-rāja (Yama)
• Kiṅkaras (attendants)
• Caṇḍa
• Yamadūtas

FAQs

Who are the Yamadūtas mentioned in this verse?

They are Yama’s messengers—agents of divine justice—who act under his command to carry out the consequences of karma.

What is conveyed by calling Yama “Dharma-rāja” here?

It emphasizes Yama’s role not merely as a lord of death, but as the king of righteousness who administers moral law and karmic outcomes.

What ethical lesson does this verse imply?

That actions have accountable results: the administration of dharma is portrayed as orderly and authoritative, carried out through Yama’s appointed attendants.