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To sum up, the heaven is such a place that sorrow cannot even be felt by the heavenly people, but if at all they feel, it means the time of their fall from the heaven is come.
Like heavens there are hells also for the experience of sufferings of the sinful persons. Extreme forms of sinful acts cannot fructify on earth or in any other place. For them, a special region has been created where different kinds of sufferings are experienced in hells created for the purpose. These hells as well as the heavens described above, are under the direct supervision of Dharmaraja or Kalaraja or Yamarāja. It is described in the Purāņas, how the messengers of Dharmarāja bring sinful persons to their destined places immediately after the'r physical death. In this connection there is a beautiful discussion in the Purāņas.1
It is believed that the souls of sinful persons immediately after death, are coated with a special body which is known as Yatanadeha () i.e. a body fit for experience of intense suffering. It is said that the souls coated with a pain-body (Yatanādeha) are carried having hands and feet bound up, by the messengers. They are dragged with ropes round the necks. Various torments are inflicted in the way to the abode of Dharmaraja. The souls feel intense pain due to the thirst and hunger. They feel the intensity of heat in the way and suffer tortures from the messengers, They are dragged on mercilessly. Sometimes they are fallen to swoon and as soon as they recover from it, they continue to be dragged on as before. It is by this way that they have to complete the journey within a short time. Thereby the sinner experiences the great suffering and
. torture.
After death, having arrived in Yamaloka, the sinner according to the Karma experiences numerous sufferings by this Yātanadeha. Śrīmad Bhāgavata gives the details the body of the
1. Bhagavata Purāņa V. 26.
2. Bhagavata Purana. V. 26
