Chapter 21 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 21.2

अपश्यत्स यमं तत्र देवमग्निपुरस्कृतम्। विधानमनुतिष्ठन्तं प्राणिनो यस्य यादृशम्॥

apaśyatsa yamaṃ tatra devamagnipuraskṛtam| vidhānamanutiṣṭhantaṃ prāṇino yasya yādṛśam||

English Meaning

There he saw that god Yama sitting in front of fire and offering into it the good and evil fruits of their actions. * *Ordaining happiness and misery to the lives of people according to their acts.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)