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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 28]
anūtkrāmantam ), all the senses ( sarve prāṇāḥ ) also go along ( anūtkrāmanti ). When the living entity and the life air are gone, the lump of matter produced of five elements—earth, water, air, fire and ether—is rejected and left behind. The living entity then goes to the court of judgment, and Yamarāja decides what kind of body he is going to get next. This process is unknown to modern scientists. Every living entity is responsible for his activities in this life, and after death he is taken to the court of Yamarāja, where it is decided what kind of body he will take next. Although the gross material body is left, the living entity and his desires, as well as the resultant reactions of his past activities, go on. It is Yamarāja who decides what kind of body one gets next in accordance with one's past actions.
TEXT 24
पुरीं विहायोपगत उपरुद्धो भुजङ्गमः । यदा तमेवानु पुरी विशीर्णा प्रकृतिं गता ॥२४॥
purīm vihāyopagata uparuddho bhujaṅgamaḥ yadā tam evānu purī viśīrṇā prakṛtim gatā
purīm—the city; vihāya—having given up; upagataḥ—gone out; uparuddhaḥ—arrested; bhujaṅgamaḥ—the serpent; yadā—when; tam—him; eva—certainly; anu—after; purī—the city; viśīrṇā—scattered; prakṛtim—matter; gatā—turned into.
TRANSLATION
The serpent, who had already been arrested by the soldiers of Yavanarāja and was out of the city, began to follow his master along with the others. As soon as they all left the city, it was immediately dismantled and smashed to dust.
PURPORT
When the living entity is arrested, all his followers—namely the life air, the senses and sense objects—immediately leave the lump of matter, the body. When the living entity and his companions leave, the body no longer works but turns into basic material elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether. When a city attacked by enemies is vacated by its inhabitants, the enemy immediately takes advantage of that city and bombards it to smash