5 - The lamentation of Yama

Yama continued:

1.The path of the discus-bearing lord has been furnished and rubbed, 0 deity worshipped by the three worlds, by men who pass through it without break.

2. O Lord of the Universe, I consider the world of Vishnu to be infinite in magnitude, since it is not filled with the floods of people with all living beings cropping up like lotuses.

3-4. O Pitamaha, (Grandsire of the universe) people adhering to their duties, people following other men’s duties, pure people and impure people, every one observes fast on the day of Vishnu and goes to the world of Vishnu, at the behest of the king. The entire world is accommodated only in the residence of Madhava. This king is hence our great enemy. He is particularly your enemy as well.

5. O Lord of the worlds, undoubtedly he must be curbed and restrained. For the last one thousand years, he has ruled over the sphere of the world.

6-8a. Immeasurable number of persons have been taken over by him to the world beloved of Hari. They were enabled to ride Garuda. They were given forms having four arms; they were neatly clad in yellow garments; they were garlanded and smered with sweet-smelling unguents. If he continues to abide by the holy rite of Ekadashi, O Lord of  Devas, this beloved devotee of Vishnu will take the entire world to the region of Vishnu free from ailments.

8b-9. This staff of justice and this cloth (the scroll recording details of acts of omission and commission of men) have been released by your feet (i.e. by you). My incomparable guardianship of the world has been nullified by that king Rukmangada. Blessed is that lady who has borne him.

10. If the son is superior to others in good qualities, he becomes competent to destroy the miseries of his mother. Of what avail is a child that is born, if it brings distress to its mother?

11. If the son does not harass his enemies like the sun in the month of Jyeshtha, the labour pain of the mother has gone in vain. O Lord, she is one having a bad son.

12-13a. That son is called the ailment or diseased part from the mother’s womb born on this earth, if his fame does not shine like the lightning among the clouds, the son who does not uplift his father’s side through learning or strength.

13b- 16. The son who is deprived of virtue, wealth and love, though born on the Earth is only an ailment in the belly of his mother. His life is futile. O Brahma, there is undoubtedly one heroic mother-the lady from whom is born Rukmangada for the purpose of erasing my writings. Such a thing as this has never been accomplished by any king. O Lord of the Universe, even in the Pura as (or even since ancient times) this wiping off of the cloth has not been heard of. Seeing this king adhering to his service to Hari, proclaiming aloud by means of drum and destroying the path leading to my mansion, I cannot continue to be alive.