The speeches of the Yamadūta, assistants of Yamarāja, was thus finished, argument. The argument was that, "This man, Ajāmila, born of a Brahmin father, although acquired all qualification . . . he was qualified Brahmin, not simply born of a Brahmin father, but qualified Brahmin, with full knowledge of Vedic instruction, nice character, very gentle and silent, and offering respects to elderly persons, spiritual master, father.
In this way he was perfect Brahmin. But due to his contact with a prostitute he lost his all good qualification. And later on, he had to earn money by hook and crook, and thus he degraded more and more, and therefore his sinful activities are now responsible for his punishment, and we shall take him to the court of Yamarāja." That was the summary of the speech of the Yamadūta. Evaṁ te bhagavad-dūtā yamadūtābhibhāṣitam.
So after finishing that speech, the bhagavad-dūta . . . so there are bhagavad-dūta also, assistants, servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are two kinds of servants: the māyā's servant and Kṛṣṇa's servant. Nobody is master. That is illusion. Everyone is servant. Every living entity is a servant. As enunciated by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa (CC Madhya 20.108-109): "The real, constitutional position of the living entity is eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa."
When he does not render service to Kṛṣṇa, under false prestige . . . just like somebody says: "The Vaiṣṇava religion is slave mentality." "Vaiṣṇava religion is slave mentality. They want to be servant." So the rascals do not know that, "What you have gained by master mentality?" You are simply servant of your senses. But they criticize that Vaiṣṇava is a slave man.
Everyone is slave. Somebody is slave of the senses, and somebody is slave of Kṛṣṇa. Nobody is master. That is illusion. Kāmādīnāṁ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśāḥ (CC Madhya 22.16, (Brs 3.2.35). The slaves of the senses, they are following the dictation of the senses, and abominable activities they are doing. Just like Ajāmila. He was a Brahmin. He was a slave of Nārāyaṇa, a slave of Kṛṣṇa, Brahmin Vaiṣṇava. Brahmin means . . . a Brahmin, qualified Brahmin, means he is a Vaiṣṇava. Tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ paśyanti sadā sūrayaḥ (Ṛg Veda 1.22.20). Sura. Brahmins' another name is sura.
So those who are suras, those who are demigods, they are Vaiṣṇava. They are always ready to render service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
But by false prestige, when one tries to become master . . . Kṛṣṇa-bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare (Prema-vivarta). A master is supposed to be the supreme enjoyer of the establishment. But actually, nobody is the enjoyer. Kṛṣṇa is the only enjoyer. Bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram (BG 5.29). He is the proprietor. So when we forget this relationship with Kṛṣṇa, that, "I am eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa," then he becomes servant of the senses, or māyā. So by becoming servant of the senses he follows the dictation of the master senses and goes down to the darkest region of illusion and becomes subjected to the punishment of Yamarāja. This is the substance.
So intelligent persons . . . that we find, the statements of a Brahmin, that he says: "My dear Lord, I was so long servant of my senses, and I followed their dictation even though it was very, very abominable." Sometimes our conscience bids, "Don't do this," but due to our lust and greediness we do something which is abominable. Kṛṣṇa is there within our heart. He also gives sometimes dictation, "Don't do it"—still, we do.