Originally posted by: harshu27
actually its v funny and weird as well... yest yam said shani is yongest among dm...since yami is also elder to him...bt d bgm whch dey used to play fr shani pre leap...has d wrdings where shani is mentioned as elder to yam...dt neelanjanam mantra...me its yamagrajam...whch means elder to yam...luks d d wrter nor d ph realised dis blooper...😆
There are 2 versions of order of the ages of Shani, Yam and Yami. In older scripturs, Yam and Yami are twins, and Shani is the younger to them by two years. In newer Puranas, Shani is described as oldest.
The word Yamagrajam has also two meanings. In old scriptures, it is translated as "The one who is foremost than the lord of death himself", in others it is translated as older brother to Yama.
But Shani is youngest of all Suryadev's children except Ashwanikumars and Devi Bhadra and Tapti is the most the most popular belief.