Srimad Bhagavatham : 6.3.12.

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Skandham-6


Chapter-3.


Slokam-12.




yama uvaca



paro  mad-anyo  jagatas  tasthusas  ca



otam  protam  patavad  yatra  visvam



yad-amsato ’sya  sthiti-janma-nasa



nasy  otavad  yasya  vase  ca  lokah.




yamah uvaca  =  Yamaraja replied;

 parah  =  superior;

mat  =  than me;

anyah  =  another;

jagatah  =  of all moving things;

tasthusah  =  of nonmoving things;

ca  =  and;

otam  =  crosswise;

protam  =  lengthwise;

patavat  =  like a woven cloth;

yatra  =  in whom;

visvam  =  the cosmic manifestation;

yat  =  of whom;

amsatah  =  from the partial expansions;

asya  =  of this universe;

sthiti  =  the maintenance;

janma  =  the creation;

nasah  =  the annihilation;

nasi  =  in the nose;

ota-vat  =  like the rope;

 yasya  =  of whom;

vase  =  under the control;

ca  =  and;

lokah  =  the whole creation.




Yamaraja said: My dear servants, you have accepted me as the Supreme, but factually I am not. Above me, and above all the other demigods, including Indra and Chandra, is the one supreme master and controller.

The partial manifestations of His personality are Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, who are in charge of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this universe.

He is like the two threads that form the length and breadth of a woven cloth. The entire world is controlled by Him just as a bull is controlled by a rope in its nose.



The order carriers of Yamaraja suspected that there was a ruler even above Yamaraja.

To eradicate their doubts, Yamaraja immediately replied, “Yes, there is one supreme controller above everything.”

Yamaraja is in charge of some of the moving living entities, namely the human beings, but the animals, who also move, are not under his control.

Only human beings have consciousness of right and wrong, and among them only those who perform sinful activities come under the control of Yamaraja.

Therefore although Yamaraja is a controller, he is only a departmental controller of a few living entities.

There are other demigods who control many other departments, but above them all is one supreme controller, Krishna.

 Others, who control their own departments in the affairs of the universe, are insignificant in comparison to Krishna, the supreme controller.

To be continued  ....




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