What is Chitragupta?
{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology--> | type = Hindu | name = Maharaja Chitragupta or Dharmaraja | Sanskrit_transliteration = {{IAST|Citragupta}} | image = File:ศาลหลักเมือง_เขตพระนคร_กรุงเทพมหานคร_(9).jpg | caption =Chitragupta in [[Lak Mueang#The Bangkok city pillar shrine|Bangkok City Pillar Shrine]] [[Thailand]]. | Devanagari = {{lang|sa|चित्रगुप्त}} | affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]] | mantra = {{lang|sa|ॐ श्री चित्रगुप्ताय नमः}} <br/>({{IAST|Oṃ shri chitraguptaay Namaḥ}}) | weapon = {{IAST|[[Pen|lekhani]]}} (Pen),<br/> [[Ink|Katani]] (Ink) and {{IAST|[[Sword|Katar]]}} (sword) | siblings = [[Four Kumaras]], [[Narada]], [[Daksha]] | parents =[[Brahma]] (father) [[Saraswati]] (mother) | consort = Nandini and Shobhawati }} '''Chitragupta''' ({{lang-sa|चित्रगुप्त}}) is a [[Hindu]] god whose task is to keep the record of all the human beings on earth. Usually standing on the right side of King Yama holding a book and a pen. It is said that He reports all the good deeds and bad deeds of a person to King Yama for judgement upon death. After which King Yama is to decide placing a person based on his or her karma while living on earth to heaven for reward or to hell for punishment. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Hindu gods and goddesses]]