Bhagavatapurana 6.2.24

6.2.24

ajāmilo 'py athākarṇya dūtānāṃ yamakṛṣṇayoḥ /
dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ śuddhaṃ traivedyaṃ ca guṇāśrayam //

25. Ajamila too heard then (and understood) from their con-

versation the duty of Yama's messengers to be based on the three Vedas and the gunas, and the duty of Sri Krihna's messengers as taught by the Lord Himself to be pure as transcending the sphere of the gunas.