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Yamaraja instructs his messengers
aham mahendro nirRtiH pracetAH
somo 'gnir Is'aH pavano virin~ciH
Aditya-vis've vasavo 'tha sAdhyA
marud-gaNA rudra-gaNAH sasiddhAH
anye ca ye vis'va-sRjo 'mares'A
bhRgv-Adayo 'spRSTa-rajas-tamaskAH
yasyehitam na viduH spRSTa-mAyAH
sattva-pradhAnA api kim tato 'nye
Translation by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada:
"I, Yamaraja; Indra, the King of heaven; Nirrti; Varuna; Candra,
the moon-god; Agni; Lord Siva; Pavana; Lord Brahma; Surya, the
sun-god; Visvasu; the eight Vasus; the Sadhyas; the Maruts; the
Rudras; the Siddhas; and Marici and the other great rsis engaged
in maintaining the departmental affairs of the universe, as well as
the best of the demigods headed by Brhaspati, and the great sages
headed by Bhrgu are all certainly freed from the influence of the
two base material modes of nature, namely passion and ignorance.
Nevertheless, although we are in the mode of goodness, we cannot
understand the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
What, then, is to be said of others, who, under illusion, merely
speculate to know God?"
-- Srimad Bhagavatam, 6.3.14-15
