Category:Yamaraja Says
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda highlights the profound philosophical statements and instructions given by Yamarāja, the superintendent of death and a supreme authority on universal law. Speaking as one of the twelve mahājanas, Yamarāja establishes the absolute definition of religion: that true dharma cannot be manufactured by men, sages, or demigods, but is enacted directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Furthermore, Yamarāja declares that the highest religious principle is bhakti-yoga, beginning with the chanting of the Lord's holy names. Recognizing the supremacy of a Vaiṣṇava, he strictly warns his assistants to stay away from devotees and humbly apologizes to the Lord for his servants' mistakes. Yamarāja also acts as a profound teacher, dispensing philosophy to dispel the ignorance of materialistic lamentation by reminding conditioned souls of their own impending death.
- The Divine Origin of Religion: Yamarāja categorically states that genuine dharma is given directly by the Supreme Lord, thoroughly rejecting all man-made or concocted systems of faith.
- The Authorized Representatives: True spiritual knowledge must be received through the paramparā system from the twelve authorized mahājanas, of which Yamarāja himself is a primary agent.
- The Supreme Principle of Devotion: Above all rules and regulations, Yamarāja identifies pure bhakti-yoga, particularly the chanting of the holy name, as the ultimate religious duty for human society.
- Dispelling the Illusion of Lamentation: Appearing as a young boy, Yamarāja delivered striking philosophy to grieving relatives, exposing the foolishness of crying for the dead while ignoring one's own mortality.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Yamarāja Says Real Religion is Given by God.
Pages in category "Yamaraja Says"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- In Srimad-Bhagavatam (SB 6.3.22) Yamaraja says: Devotional service, beginning with the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is the ultimate religious principle for the living entity in human society
- In the Sixth Canto of SB, in connection with Ajamila's deliverance, Yamaraja says, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam: real religion is that which is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as real law is that which is given by the government
- In the Sixth Canto we find the following statements of Yamaraja, the controller of all unfaithful living entities - The principles of religion are initiated by the SPG, & no one else, including the sages and demigods, can manufacture any such principles
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Third Chapter, twenty-ninth verse, Yamaraja, the superintendent of death, tells his assistants what class of men they should bring before him
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- Savitri pleased the Yamaraja, and Yamaraja, being pleased, said, "My dear girl, you'll have a very good son" - because every girl expects some son. So Yamaraja gave her the benediction that "You will have very nice son"
- Sri Yamaraja said: Alas, how amazing it is! These persons, who are older than me, have full experience that hundreds and thousands of living entities have taken birth and died
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- The authority, Dharmaraja, says that dharma cannot be manufactured by anybody, even great sages or demigods. But nowadays everyone is manufacturing a dharma, and the so-called rascals, they are supporting that
- The twelve authorities are Brahma, Narada, Lord Siva and Kumara, Manu and Lord Kapila, Bhisma and Prahlada, Janaka and Yamaraja and this Sukadeva Gosvami, who is speaking the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Vaiyasaki. Vaiyasaki means - the son of Vyasadeva
- This chaste girl would not allow the husband's body to go away. Then Yamaraja told, "It is my duty that I should take. You give it up. Otherwise, you'll be also punished." So she gave and she was following Yamaraja. So Yamaraja became compassionate
- Thus Yamaraja, in the guise of a small boy, told all the queens: You are all so foolish that you lament but do not see your own death
- Twelve personalities - Brahma, Narada, Lord Siva, Kumara, Kapila, Manu, Prahlada Maharaja, Janaka Maharaja, Bhisma, Bali, Sukadeva Gosvami and Yamaraja - are agents of the Lord authorized to speak and propagate the principles of religion
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- Yamaraja approached them (the relatives of the dead body) as a child because a child is not restricted but is granted admittance anywhere, even to the palace of a king. Besides this, the child was speaking philosophy
- Yamaraja said, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam. Even the demigods, they cannot manufacture dharma
- 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 Candra, is the one supreme master and controller
- Yamaraja says that etavan eva loke 'smin pumsam dharmah parah smrtah: "The highest principle of religion is this." What is that? Bhakti-yogah bhagavati. Bhakti-yoga
- Yamaraja states herein (SB 6.3.20-21) that this religious principle is understandable if one follows the parampara system of Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, the four Kumaras and the other standard authorities
- Yamaraja, considering himself and his servants to be offenders, spoke as follows, begging pardon from the Lord: O my Lord, my servants have surely committed a great offense by arresting a Vaisnava such as Ajamila