Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 3: Yamaraja Instructs His Messengers. Text 7

अतस्त्वमेको भूतानां सेश्वराणामधीश्वरः ।
शास्ता दण्डधरो नॄणां शुभाशुभविवेचनः ॥७॥

atas tvam eko bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹
seÅ›varÄṇÄm adhÄ«Å›varaḥ
Å›ÄstÄ daṇá¸a-dharo ná¹á¹‡Äá¹
Å›ubhÄÅ›ubha-vivecanaḥ

 ataḥ - as such; tvam - you; ekaḥ - one; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - of all living beings; sa-Ä«Å›varÄṇÄm - including all the demigods; adhÄ«Å›varaḥ - the supreme master; Å›ÄstÄ - the supreme ruler; daṇá¸a-dharaḥ - the supreme administrator of punishment; ná¹á¹‡Äm - of human society; Å›ubha-aÅ›ubha-vivecanaḥ - who discriminates between what is auspicious and inauspicious.


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The supreme judge must be one, not many. It was our understanding that you are that supreme judge and that you have jurisdiction even over the demigods. Our impression was that you are the master of all living entities, the supreme authority who discriminates between the pious and impious activities of all human beings.

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