Iswaraj at 04:01, 12 February 2017

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[[Category: Glorious Personalities]]
'''Names for Yamaraja'''
:Yamarāja | Yavaneśvara | Yavana-rāja | Yama | Dharmaraja | Yavanesvara | Dharma
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[[File:Krsna_and_Balarama_summon_Yamaraja.jpg|308px|thumb|right|alt=Krsna and Balarama summon Yamaraja|link=|<div class="center">'''Krsna and Balarama summon Yamaraja'''</div>]]

'''Facts about [[Vaniquotes:Category:Yamaraja|Yamaraja]] - [[Vaniquotes:Category:Names of the Twelve Mahajanas|one of the twelve Mahajanas]], [[Vaniquotes:Category:Names of Demigods|a demigod]] and [[Vaniquotes:Category:Names of Saintly Kings|a saintly king]]'''

*grandson of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Kasyapa Muni|Kaśyapa Muni]] and [[Vaniquotes:Category:Aditi|Aditi]]
*son of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Vivasvan|Vivasvān]] and [[Vaniquotes:Category:Samjna (wife of Vivasvan)|Saṁjñā]]
*brother of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Yamuna River|Yāmi]], [[Vaniquotes:Category:Vaivasvata Manu|Vaivasvata Manu]], The [[Vaniquotes:Category:Asvini-kumaras|Aśvinī-kumāras]] and Jarā (old age)
*husband of thirteen daughters of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Daksa|Dakṣa (first birth)]] and ten daughters of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Daksa|Dakṣa (re-birth)]]
*father of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Nara-Narayana|Śri Nara-Nārāyaṇa]], Eight [[Vaniquotes:Category:Vasus|Vasus]], [[Vaniquotes:Category:Upendra|Upendra]], [[Vaniquotes:Category:Agni|Agni]], [[Vaniquotes:Category:Bhadrasrava|Bhadraśravā]], and [[Vaniquotes:Category:Yudhisthira|Yudhiṣṭhira]] by [[Vaniquotes:Category:Kunti|Kuntī]]
*grandfather of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Visvakarma|Viśvakarmā]]
*great-grandfather of [[Vaniquotes:Category:Caksusa Manu|Cākṣuṣa Manu]]

*residence: A heavenly city called [[Vanisource:SB 10.89.42|Saṁyamanī]] on [[Vaniquotes:Category:Yamaloka|Yamaloka]]

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===Selection of quotes from srila Prabhupada's books===

{{VaniQuotebox|Yamaraja, the great controller of life after death, decides the living entities' destinies in their next lives|Yamaraja, the great controller of life after death, decides the living entities' destinies in their next lives.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|After his (an envious person's) death, he is taken to hell by Yamaraja, those living entities who were hurt by him appear as animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon him|After his (an envious person's) death, he is taken to hell by Yamaraja, those living entities who were hurt by him appear as animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon him.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|Yama is situated in a planet near this earthly planet. After death those who are very sinful are taken there, and Yama arranges different kinds of punishments for them|Yama is situated in a planet near this earthly planet. After death those who are very sinful are taken there, and Yama arranges different kinds of punishments for them.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|Yamaraja wanted to preach the glories of the Lord, and therefore by the will of the Lord he was cursed by Manduka Muni to come into the world in the incarnation of Vidura and work very hard as a great devotee|Yamaraja wanted to preach the glories of the Lord, and therefore by the will of the Lord he was cursed by Manduka Muni to come into the world in the incarnation of Vidura and work very hard as a great devotee.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|Yamaraja is not a fictitious or mythological character; he has his own abode, Pitrloka, of which he is king. Agnostics may not believe in hell, but Sukadeva Gosvami affirms the existence of the Naraka planets|Yamaraja is not a fictitious or mythological character; he has his own abode, Pitrloka, of which he is king. Agnostics may not believe in hell, but Sukadeva Gosvami affirms the existence of the Naraka planets.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|Yamaraja has very little time to take leave from his responsible office of punishing the wrongdoers. There are more wrongdoers than righteous men. Therefore Yamaraja has to do more work than other demigods|Yamaraja has very little time to take leave from his responsible office of punishing the wrongdoers. There are more wrongdoers than righteous men. Therefore Yamaraja has to do more work than other demigods.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|Yamaraja is a great devotee of the Lord, and he likes to be invited to kirtanas and sacrifices by the pure devotees, who are constantly engaged in the devotional service of the Lord|Yamaraja is a great devotee of the Lord, and he likes to be invited to kirtanas and sacrifices by the pure devotees, who are constantly engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.}}

{{VaniQuotebox|The nondevotees' accounts are kept by Yamaraja for punishment. Similarly, devotees' accounts are kept by Krsna, personally|The nondevotees' accounts are kept by Yamaraja for punishment. Similarly, devotees' accounts are kept by Krsna, personally.}}

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Yamaraja - a glorious personality - Revision history

Iswaraj at 04:01, 12 February 2017

Sahadeva: Created page with "Category: Glorious Personalities '''Names for Yamaraja''' :Yamarāja | Yavaneśvara | Yavana-rāja | Yama | Dharmaraja | Yavanesvara | Dharma ---- File:Krsna_and_Balaram..."