Changes

* Then, through the samvatsara devtas, he reaches [[Adityas (आदित्याः)|आदित्याः || aditya]] which is the passage for the soul to liberation and from there to the subtle realm of चन्द्रः || chandra (the Moon).  

* Then, through the samvatsara devtas, he reaches [[Adityas (आदित्याः)|आदित्याः || aditya]] which is the passage for the soul to liberation and from there to the subtle realm of चन्द्रः || chandra (the Moon).  

* From the moon moving further and higher to the उर्जा || urja (energy, lightning), the soul is received by the देवदूताः || devdutas ( persons who are not human) who carry it to परमब्रह्म || parabrahma (the Absolute or सत्यलोकः ॥ Satyaloka).   

* From the moon moving further and higher to the उर्जा || urja (energy, lightning), the soul is received by the देवदूताः || devdutas ( persons who are not human) who carry it to परमब्रह्म || parabrahma (the Absolute or सत्यलोकः ॥ Satyaloka).   

This is देवयानमार्गः (the divine Way), the final destination in the भूलोक || Bhuloka dimension, is the path of freedom; the path of liberation or Moksha.  

This is देवयानमार्गः (the divine Way), the final destination in the भूलोकः || Bhuloka dimension, is the path of freedom; the path of liberation or Moksha.  

The human body is likened to the Cosmos. The ब्रह्मज्ञानी || Brahmajnani (the wise one) goes to the higher realm through heart veins which are beyond hundred, unlike the ordinary person who transits through the veins lesser in number.<ref name=":3" />

The human body is likened to the Cosmos. The ब्रह्मज्ञानी || Brahmajnani (the wise one) goes to the higher realm through heart veins which are beyond hundred, unlike the ordinary person who transits through the veins lesser in number.<ref name=":3" />

A critical question that arises is, how does he perceive through which veins he is passing through? Such discussion is unwarranted as one who has worshiped the परमपुरुषः ॥ Parama Purusha, is absorbed in the ultimate goal, the wise seeker who through his own education and by divine grace being illuminated is able to recognize the veins that help him depart to a higher realm. Such an advanced soul can transit through the path of light and even if such a person dies at night or in दक्षिणायनम् || Dakshinayana, the ज्ञानी ॥ jnani will attain ब्रह्मलोकः || brahmaloka (Moksha).<ref name=":3">Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I''. Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​.</ref>

A critical question that arises is, how does he perceive through which veins he is passing through? Such discussion is unwarranted as one who has worshiped the परमपुरुषः ॥ Parama Purusha, is absorbed in the ultimate goal; the wise seeker who through his own education and by divine grace being illuminated, is able to recognize the veins that help him depart to a higher realm. Such an advanced soul can transit through the path of light and even if such a person dies at night or in दक्षिणायनम् || Dakshinayana, the ज्ञानी ॥ jnani will attain ब्रह्मलोकः || brahmaloka (Moksha).<ref name=":3">Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I''. Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​.</ref>

== पितृयानम् || Pitruyana (Path to the Realm of Pitrus) ==

== पितृयानम् || Pitruyana (Path to the Realm of Pitrus) ==

People unable to live a spiritual life, cannot live a life of meditation, having no knowledge whatsoever of the higher truths of life,yet have done good or punya karmas or deeds in this world, with satvika thoughts, deeds and charities, with danaguna and who are parahitachintaka ॥ one who thinks of the welfare of others, accumulate the merits of equivalent to that obtained by performing great sacrifices such as yagas — such good people by means of virtue do not go along the path of light. Rather, they go along the Southern Path of Return.<ref name=":4" />

People unable to live a spiritual life, cannot live a life of meditation, having no knowledge whatsoever of the higher truths of life,yet have done good or punya karmas or deeds in this world, with satvika thoughts, deeds and charities, with danaguna and who are parahitachintaka ॥ one who thinks of the welfare of others, accumulate the merits of equivalent to that obtained by performing great sacrifices such as yagas — such good people by means of virtue do not go along the path of light. Rather, they go along the Southern Path of Return.<ref name=":4" />