SB 3.30.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

यमदूतौ तदा प्राप्तौ भीमौ सरभसेक्षणौ ।
स दृष्ट्वा त्रस्तहृदयः शकृन्मूत्रं विमुञ्चति ॥ १९ ॥

yama-dūtau tada praptau

bhimau sarabhaseksanau

sa drstva trasta-hrdayaḥ

sakrn-mūtram vimuncati

yama-dūtau-two messengers of Yamaraja; tada-at that time; praptau-arrived; bhimau-terrible; sa-rabhasa-full of wrath; iksanau-their eyes; saḥ-he; drstva-seeing; trasta-frightened; hrdayaḥ-his heart; sakrt-stool; mūtram-urine; vimuncati-he passes.

TRANSLATION

At death, he sees the messengers of the lord of death come before him, their eyes full of wrath, and in great fear he passes stool and urine.

PURPORT

There are two kinds of transmigration of a living entity after passing away from the present body. One kind of transmigration is to go to the controller of sinful activities, who is known as Yamaraja, and the other is to go to the higher planets up to Vaikuntha. Here Lord Kapila describes how persons engaged in activities of sense gratification to maintain a family are treated by the messengers of Yamaraja, called Yamadūtas. At the time of death the Yamadūtas become the custodians of those persons who have strongly gratified their senses. They take charge of the dying man and take him to the planet where Yamaraja resides. The conditions there are described in the following verses.

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