इति देवः स आपृष्टः प्रजासंयमनो यमः ।
प्रीतः स्वदूतान् प्रत्याह स्मरन्पादाम्बुजं हरेः ॥११॥
Å›rÄ«-bÄdarÄyaṇir uvÄca
iti devaḥ sa Äpṛṣá¹aḥ
prajÄ-saá¹yamano yamaḥ
prÄ«taḥ sva-dÅ«tÄn pratyÄha
smaran pÄdÄmbujaá¹ hareḥ
Å›rÄ«-bÄdarÄyaṇiḥ uvÄca - Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti - thus; devaḥ - the demigod; saḥ - he; Äpṛṣá¹aḥ - being questioned; prajÄ-saá¹yamanaḥ yamaḥ - Lord YamarÄja, who controls the living entities; prÄ«taḥ - being pleased; sva-dÅ«tÄn - to his own servants; pratyÄha - replied; smaran - remembering; pÄda-ambujam - the lotus feet; hareḥ - of Hari, the Personality of Godhead.
ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Thus having been questioned, Lord YamarÄja, the supreme controller of the living entities, was very pleased with his order carriers because of hearing from them the holy name of NÄrÄyaṇa. He remembered the lotus feet of the Lord and began to reply.
ÅšrÄ«la YamarÄja, the supreme controller of the living entities in terms of their pious and impious activities, was very pleased with his servants because they had chanted the holy name of NÄrÄyaṇa in his dominion. YamarÄja has to deal with men who are all sinful and who can hardly understand NÄrÄyaṇa. Consequently when his order carriers uttered the name of NÄrÄyaṇa, he was extremely pleased, for he also is a Vaiṣṇava.
