Pauranik Katha: How did Chitragupta become Yamraj’s ally, why did he get the responsibility of keeping track of his deeds?

Yamraj’s associate Lord ChitraguptaImage Credit source: AI ChatGpt

Mythological story: Death is the invariable truth of this world. The truth is as big as death that only the body dies. The soul is immortal and after the death of the body its journey begins once again. Whatever man has created in his lifetime remains here. If anything goes with the soul, it is the good and bad deeds of a person. The soul travels to Yamalok with a bundle of deeds.

There is one God, who has complete details of the good and bad deeds of every living being in the universe. That God is Chitragupta. He is also known as an associate of Yamraj. There are many stories related to Lord Chitragupta in the Puranas, but do you know why Lord Chitragupta keeps track of the deeds of living beings? How did he become Yamraj’s ally and why did this responsibility go to Lord Chitragupta only?

Who is Lord Chitragupta?

Chitragupta is considered to be the assistant of Yamraj, the god of death, and the accountant of the gods. His role is that of a judge. The work that a person does in private is hidden from the eyes of the world, but is not hidden from God Chitragupta. Chitragupta is made up of two words. Picture and secret. The meaning of the picture is visible and secret is hidden.

According to the Puranas, only Chitragupta ji has the foresight to take the final decision on the morality of action. It is they who decide which actions of a human being should be kept in the category of virtue and which as sins. According to a story, at the beginning of creation, seeing the imbalance between religion and unrighteousness, Lord Brahma got confused as to how to keep a record of the deeds of billions of living beings.

Born from the body of Lord Brahma

After this, Lord Brahma performed rigorous penance and meditation for thousands of years. During this time, a very bright man appeared from his body carrying a pen and inkpot. Because he appeared from the body of Lord Brahma, he was called ‘Kayastha’. Not only this, he appeared secretly, hence his name was ‘Chitragupta’. Lord Brahma handed him a divine register named ‘Agrasandhani’ and gave him the responsibility of recording the deeds of all living beings.

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