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Shloka 34

Yamarāja Instructs the Yamadūtas: Supreme Authority, Mahājanas, and the Glory of the Holy Name

Devanagari script

इत्थं स्वभर्तृगदितं भगवन्महित्वं संस्मृत्य विस्मितधियो यमकिङ्करास्ते । नैवाच्युताश्रयजनं प्रतिशङ्कमाना द्रष्टुं च बिभ्यति तत: प्रभृति स्म राजन् ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

itthaṁ svabhartṛ-gaditaṁ bhagavan-mahitvaṁ saṁsmṛtya vismita-dhiyo yama-kiṅkarās te naivācyutāśraya-janaṁ pratiśaṅkamānā draṣṭuṁ ca bibhyati tataḥ prabhṛti sma rājan

Translation

తమ స్వామి నోట వినిన భగవంతుని అపూర్వ మహిమను స్మరించి యమదూతలు ఆశ్చర్యచకితులయ్యారు. అప్పటి నుంచీ అచ్యుతాశ్రిత భక్తుడిని చూచిన వెంటనే వారు భయపడతారు; మళ్లీ అతనిని చూడటానికి ధైర్యం చేయరు, రాజా।

Synonyms
itthamthus, in this manner
ittham:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootittham (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
sva-bhartṛ-gaditamspoken by their own master
sva-bhartṛ-gaditam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + gadita (कृदन्त; √gad/√gadā? → √gad (धातु) ‘to speak’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः ‘gadita’ = spoken); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘स्वस्य भर्तुः’ इति)
bhagavat-mahitvamthe greatness of the Lord
bhagavat-mahitvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक) + mahitva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘भगवतः महित्वम्’)
saṁsmṛtyahaving remembered
saṁsmṛtya:
Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वकालिक)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having remembered’
vismita-dhiyaḥwhose minds were astonished
vismita-dhiyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvismita (कृदन्त; √smi/√smī? → √smi (धातु) ‘to wonder’) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘विस्मिता धियः येषाम्’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः सम्भवति, परन्तु रूपतः ‘धियः’ = धि-शब्दस्य प्रथमा बहुवचन)
yama-kiṅkarāḥservants of Yama
yama-kiṅkarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक) + kiṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘यमस्य किङ्कराः’)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)
evaindeed, at all
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/limiting particle)
acyuta-āśraya-janama person who has taken refuge in Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
acyuta-āśraya-janam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootacyuta (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (acyuta-āśraya = ‘one who has taken refuge in Acyuta’; ततः ‘acyutāśraya-jana’ = ‘people who have taken refuge in Acyuta’)
pratiśaṅkamānāḥsuspecting, apprehending
pratiśaṅkamānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√śaṅk (धातु) + prati- (उपसर्ग)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्); आत्मनेपदी; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘suspecting/fearing’
draṣṭumto see
draṣṭum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन; infinitive purpose)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); ‘to see’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
bibhyatithey fear
bibhyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhī (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन
tataḥthereafter, from then
tataḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
Formअव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (from that time/thereafter)
prabhṛtifrom (that point) onward
prabhṛti:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprabhṛti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भकालवाचक (since, starting from)
smaindeed (past narrative particle)
sma:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsma (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; भूतार्थ/स्मरणार्थक निपात (past-tense marker/particle)
rājanO King
rājan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative singular)
Purport

Since this incident, the Yamadūtas have given up the dangerous behavior of approaching devotees. For the Yamadūtas, a devotee is dangerous.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yamarāja
Y
Yamadūtas
A
Acyuta (Śrī Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
K
King Parīkṣit

FAQs

This verse says that after hearing Yamarāja glorify the Supreme Lord, the Yamadūtas stopped approaching those who had taken shelter of Acyuta, and they even feared to look at such devotees.

Because their own master, Yamarāja, instructed them on the Lord’s supreme authority and the special protection given to surrendered devotees; realizing this, they no longer tried to arrest or trouble such persons.

Strengthen daily remembrance of the Lord—especially through sincere chanting and devotion—so one’s life becomes aligned with bhakti rather than fear-driven religiosity.

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