Talk:The Process of Dying - Rebirth

By Vishal Agarwal

Eventually, the ātmā leaves its Pitṛ state and is reborn through one of the several pathways and in one of the several possible destinations, except when it has attained Moksha, as described in the next section. In Upaniṣadas and Pauranic stories, it is often stated that Yama, the Deity of death, or one of his agents, comes with a noose to pull the Jīva out of the physical body and take him from the Preta or the Pitr state to Yama’s abode, or an assembly of Chitragupta. Yama appears terrifying to evil-doers but benevolent to the virtuous. Chitragupta or Yama then considers the deeds performed by that person in his lifetime and accordingly sends him to one of the several possible destinations.