etasminn antare yāmair
dūtair nīto yama-kṣayam
yamena pṛṣṭas tatrāhaḿ
deva-deva jagat-pate
etasmin -- at this; antare -- opportunity; yamaih -- of Yamaraja, the lord of death; dutaih -- by the messengers; nitah -- taken; yama-kshayam -- to the abode of Yamaraja; yamena -- by Yamaraja; prishtah -- questioned; tatra -- there; aham -- I; deva-deva -- O Lord of lords; jagat -- of the universe; pate -- O master.
O Lord of lords, O master of the universe, the agents of Yamaraja, taking advantage of the opportunity thus created, later carried me to his abode. There Yamaraja himself questioned me.
According to the acaryas, the King's performance of fruitive activities had previously been flawless. But now an inadvertent discrepancy had arisen, and so when the King died the Yamadutas took him to the abode of Yamaraja, called Samyamani.
