King Parīkṣit said: O my lord, O Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Yamarāja is the controller of all living entities in terms of their religious and irreligious activities, but his order had been foiled. When his servants, the Yamadūtas, informed him of their defeat by the Viṣṇudūtas, who had stopped them from arresting Ajāmila, what did he reply?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
राजोवाच । निशम्य देवः स्वभटोपवर्णितं प्रत्याह किं तान् प्रति धर्मराजः । एवं हताज्ञो विहतान् मुरारे- र्नैदेशिकैर्यस्य वशे जनोऽयम्
rājovāca | niśamya devaḥ svabhaṭopavarṇitaṃ pratyāha kiṃ tān prati dharmarājaḥ | evaṃ hatājño vihatān murāre- rnaideśikairyasya vaśe jano'yam
SB 6.3.1