किन्तु शास्तृबहुत्वे स्याद्बहूनामिह कर्मिणाम् । शास्तृत्वमुपचारो हि यथा मण्डलवर्तिनाम् ॥ ६ ॥
kintu sastr-bahutve syad bahunam iha karminam sastrtvam upacaro hi yatha mandala-vartinam
- kintu
- but
- sastr
- of governors or judges
- bahutve
- in the plurality
- syat
- there may be
- bahunam
- of many
- iha
- in this world
- karminam
- persons performing actions
- sastrtvam
- departmental management
- upacarah
- administration
- hi
- indeed
- yatha
- just like
- mandala-vartinam
- of the departmental heads.
The Yamadutas continued: Since there are many different karmis, or workers, there may be different judges or rulers to give them justice, but just as one central emperor controls different departmental rulers, there must be one supreme controller to guide all the judges.