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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- yama-dūtau tadā prāptau
- bhīmau sarabhasekṣaṇau
- sa dṛṣṭvā trasta-hṛdayaḥ
- śakṛn-mūtraṁ vimuñcati
yamatwo messengers of Yamarāja-dūtautwo messengers of Yamarāja — two messengers of Yamarāja; tadāat that time — at that time; prāptauarrived — arrived; bhīmauterrible — terrible; safull of wrath-rabhasafull of wrath — full of wrath; īkṣaṇautheir eyes — their eyes; saḥhe — he; dṛṣṭvāseeing — seeing; trastafrightened — frightened; hṛdayaḥhis heart — his heart; śakṛtstool — stool; mūtramurine — urine; vimuñcatihe passes — he passes.
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.
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 Yamarāja, and the other is to go to the higher planets, up to Vaikuṇṭha. Here Lord Kapila describes how persons engaged in activities of sense gratification to maintain a family are treated by the messengers of Yamarāja, 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 Yamarāja resides. The conditions there are described in the following verses.