After death
Yajurveda mantra 3/55, पुन॑र्नः पितरो मनो॒ दवा॑तु दैव्यो॒ जन॑:। जीवं व्रातःसचेमहि ॥ says, "PUNAH NAH PITARO MANAH DADATU DEVAIYAH JANAH.JIVAM VRATAM SACEMAHI." i.e., by blessings (preach and true education of Vedas) may the learned Acharya give us the next birth of human beings so that we may again be able to learn the truth of Vedas and to get salvation. So one must always adopt true path by which he gets rebirth of human being to continue the real spiritualism to get salvation etc., because Atharvaveda mantra 9/10/16: अपा॒ङ् प्रार्डेति स्व॒धा गृीतोऽ म॑यो॒ मर्त्यना सयौनिः । ता शश्व॑न्ता विषूचीना॑ वि॒यन्ता॒ न्यㄆन्यं चिक्युर्न नि चिक्युरन्यम् ।। further says that human beings who have done pious deeds and adopted a true path they get a pious human body in the next birth, otherwise the soul gets the lowest/contemptible body, like animals, birds etc. Mantra is APAANG PRAANGETI SWDHAYAA GRIBHITAH AMARTYO MARTYENAA SAYONIHI. TA SHASHVANTA VISHUCHINA VIYANTA NYA NYAM CHIKYURN NI CHIKYURNYAM. Soul according to its good or bad deeds/karma (APANGETI) takes bodies of animals, birds, insects etc., and (PRANG) bodies of Rishis, Munis, i.e., (Uuch Yoni) best bodies after leaving the present body. The soul (SWDHAYAA GRIBHITAH) duly attached with its own power of taking birth according to pious deeds and sins, enters other bodies (AMARTAYAH) though the soul is away from death, being immortal but after death of bodies, takes new bodies. (VISHUCHINA VYANTA) soul and bodies go far away to different directions, [soul goes to Savita etc., {given below according to Yajurveda chapter 39 and then takes birth and gets another body and five elements of body go to space and are mixed within air, fire etc., according to Yajurveda mantra 40/15] Yajurveda mantra 40/15: वायुरनिलममृतमथेदं भस्मान्तम शरीरम। ओउम । क्रतो स्मर । क्लिबे स्मर। कृतं स्मर ।। (यजुर्वेद मंत्र- 40/15) (ANYAM CHIKYURN) many learned, know about this fact & (NI CHIKYURNYAM) another who lack knowledge of Vedas, do not know the fact, i.e., we mostly know our body but not ourselves, i.e., soul. Death is sure i.e., the body will have to be cremated one day. These ideas of Vedas has very well been mentioned in Bhagwad Gita shloka 2/20: "न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः । अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ।। (गीता २/२०) हे अर्जुन! (कदाचित्) कभी भी (अयम्) यह जीवात्मा (न जायते) जन्म नहीं लेता (वा) और (म्रियते) न कभी मरता है, (वा) और (न) न (अयम्) यह जीवात्मा (भूत्वा) कभी होकर बनकर (भूयः) कभी कालान्तर में (न) नहीं (भविता) होगा, नहीं उत्पन्न होगा (अयम्) यह जीवात्मा (अजः) जन्म नहीं लेता (नित्यः) यह नित्य है अर्थात् अनादि काल से है, (शाश्वतः) सदा से चला आ रहा, (पुराणः) पुरातन है। (शरीरे) शरीर के (हन्यमाने) मरने पर, नष्ट होने पर भी (न) नहीं (हन्यते) मरता। अर्थ :- हे अर्जुन! कभी भी यह जीवात्मा जन्म नहीं लेता और न कभी मरता है, यह जीवात्मा कभी होकर बनकर, कभी कालान्तर में नहीं होगा, यह जीवात्मा जन्म नहीं लेता, यह नित्य है अर्थात् अनादि काल से है, सदा से चला आ रहा, पुरातन है। शरीर के मरने पर, नष्ट होने पर भी नहीं मरता। Meaning :- Hey Arjun! This soul never takes birth and never dies, this soul never comes into existence, never ceases to exist in time, this soul does not take birth, it is eternal i.e. it is there from time immemorial, it has been going on forever, it is ancient. The body does not die even when it dies or gets destroyed. wherein Yogeshwar Shri Krishna says (AJO NITYAH SHASHWATOAYAM PURAANNO NA HANYTE HANYAMANNE SHARIRE) i.e., the soul is (AJAH NITAYAH SHASHWATOH) never takes birth and is eternal (NAHANYATE HANAYMANNE SHARIRE) in fact after death of body too soul is never dead being immortal. (TASHASHVANTA) this process of death and birth of bodies and souls is eternal. In Atharvaveda mantra 8/8/11: नय॑ता॒मून्मृत्युदूता॒ यम॑दूता॒ अपौम्भत । परः सहस्त्रा हन्यन्तां तृणेवे॑नान्म॒त्य॑ भ॒वस्य॑ ॥ 'Yamdut' means = 'YAM' means God, and 'dut' means storm, cyclone, flood, earthquake, heavy rains, etc., etc., in mantra the air is Yam. So when a soul is to leave the body then by the power of God, sutratma air enters the body and takes the soul out of it then goes to Savita. In the 39th chapter of Yajurveda the process of this cremation is mentioned. This process is also called as "NARMEDH YAJYEN", "PURUSH MEDH YAJYEN" and "DAH KARAM" and "ANTEYESHATI KARAM". Atharvaveda mantra 10/8/26: इ॒यं केल्या॒ण्यजरा॒ मर्त्यस्या॒मृता॑ गृहे यस्मै कृता शये स यश्चकारे जजार सः ॥ says "YEH CHAKAR SAH JAJAR" means He (God) who makes the body, He destroys the same one day. Sense of Yajurveda mantra 39/5: प्र॒जाप॑तिः सम्भ्रियमा॑णः स॒म्राट् सम्भृतो वैश्वदे॒वः स॑स॒न्नो घुर्मः प्रवृ॑क्त॒स्तेन॒ ऽउद्यंतऽआश्विनः पय॑स्याना॒यमा॑ने पौष्णो व॑िष्य॒न्दमा॑ने मारुतः क्लर्थन् । मैत्रः शर॑सि सन्ता॒य्यमा॑ने वाय॒व्यो ह्रियमा॑णऽआग्नेयो दु॒यमा॑नो॒ वाग्द्युतः ॥ is that when the soul leaves the body then the soul wanders in so many places, takes another body according to its previous deeds (karmas). Yajurveda mantra 39/6: सविता प्र॑थ॒मे ऽह॑न्न॒ ऽग्निर्द्वतीये॑ वा॒युस्तृतीय॑ऽआदि॒त्यश्च॑तुर्थे च॒न्द्रमा॑ः पञ्च॒मऽॠतुः षष्ठे म॒रुतः सप्तमे बृहस्पति॑िरष्टमे। मित्रो न॑व॒मे वरु॑णो दशमऽइन्द्र॑ ऽएकादशे विश्वे॑ दे॒वा द्वादशे ।। says that the soul after leaving the body, on the first day goes to Savita (sun), second day agnihi (fire), third Vaayu (normal air), fourth Aditya, fifth chandrma (moon), sixth ritu (seasons), seventh marutah, eighth brihaspati (tiniest air), ninth mitrah (breathing), tenth varunah (udan air), eleventh indrah (electricity), twelfth Vishvedevah (in all divine qualities). Then, after wandering in the sky, gets body according to previous deeds. So these twelve days are completed, then after 13 days the soul takes another body. Rigveda mandal 10 sukta 135: सप्तर्चस्यास्य सूक्तस्य यामायनः कमार ऋषिः। यमो देवता । says that normally the soul after getting body faces the result of its past lives' deeds and under influence of illusion (duly attracted towards illusion) does sins and again gets birth to face the sins. The soul is immortal and always separate from the body. When an aspirant meets with a learned Acharya and gets spiritual education, then the fourth mantra: यं केमार प्राव॑र्तयो रथं विप्रेभ्यस्परि॑ । तं सामानु प्राव॑र्तत॒ सम॒तो वा॒व्याह॑तम् ।। says that the soul gets salvation.