यमदूता ऊचु: कति सन्तीह शास्तारो जीवलोकस्य वै प्रभो । त्रैविध्यं कुर्वत: कर्म फलाभिव्यक्तिहेतव: ॥ ४ ॥
yamaduta ucuh kati santiha sastaro jiva-lokasya vai prabho trai-vidhyam kurvatah karma phalabhivyakti-hetavah
- yamadutah ucuh
- the order carriers of Yamaraja said
- kati
- how many
- santi
- are there
- iha
- in this world
- sastarah
- controllers or rulers
- jiva-lokasya
- of this material world
- vai
- indeed
- prabho
- O master
- trai-vidhyam
- under the three modes of material nature
- kurvatah
- performing
- karma
- activity
- phala
- of the results
- abhivyakti
- of the manifestation
- hetavah
- causes.
The Yamadutas said: Our dear lord, how many controllers or rulers are there in this material world? How many causes are responsible for manifesting the various results of activities performed under the three modes of material nature (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna)?