1298 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 30

sah—he; drstva—seeing; trasta—frightened; hrdayah—his heart; sakrt—stool;
mitram—urine; vimujicati—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 fami-
ly are treated by the messengers of Yamaraja, called Yamaditas. At the
time of death the Yamaditas 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.

TEXT 20

MAA MIT WAIT TS TATA |
wat AVA TL ANT TAT NR MI

yatana-deha aurtya
pasair baddhva gale balat
nayato dirgham adhvanam
dandyam raja-bhata yatha

yatana—for punishment; dehe—his body; aurtya—covering; pasaih—with
ropes; baddhva—binding; gale—by the neck; balat—by force; nayatah—they
lead; dirgham—long;adhvanam—distance; dandyam—a criminal; raja-bhatah
—the king’s soldiers; yatha—as.

TRANSLATION

As a criminal is arrested for punishment by the constables of the state,
a person engaged in criminal sense gratification is similarly arrested by
