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- The ब्रह्मज्ञानी || Brahmajñāni continues on his journey through the daytime (God of Day) through the शुक्लपक्ष || shukla paksha (bright half of the lunar month).   

- The ब्रह्मज्ञानी || Brahmajñāni continues on his journey through the daytime (God of Day) through the शुक्लपक्ष || shukla paksha (bright half of the lunar month).   

- From there they go higher into the realm when the Sun is in the Uttarayayana or Northern hemisphere.   

- From there they go higher into the realm when the Sun is in the Uttarayayana or Northern hemisphere. From here they go to the realm of the संवत्सर देवताः || samvatsara devata. This realm is the point of separation of the Devayana and Pitrayana paths.   

- Then through the देवताः || devta he reaches आदित्य || aditya which is the passage for the soul to liberation and from there to the subtle realm of चन्द्र || chandra (the Moon God).  

- Then through the देवताः || devta he reaches आदित्य || [[aditya]] which is the passage for the soul to liberation and from there to the subtle realm of चन्द्र || chandra (the Moon God).  

- From the moon moving further and higher to the उर्जा || urja [[विद्युत्|(energy god)]] the soul is received by the देवदूत || devdoota (Bhagawan’s assistants) who welcome him to परमब्रह्म || parabrahma (the Absolute).   

- From the moon moving further and higher to the उर्जा || urja [[विद्युत्|(energy god)]] the soul is received by the देवदूत || devdoota (Bhagawan’s assistants) who welcome him to परमब्रह्म || parabrahma (the Absolute).   

== [[पित्रयान मार्ग|पित्रयान ||]] [[पित्रयना मार्ग|Pitrayana]] (Path to the Realm of Pitrus) ==

== [[पित्रयान मार्ग|पित्रयान ||]] [[पित्रयना मार्ग|Pitrayana]] (Path to the Realm of Pitrus) ==

Another kind of life journey which involves discharging one’s functional responsibilities and fulfilling material desires with no interest in acquiring [[Brahmavidya (ब्रह्मविद्या)|ब्रह्मविद्या || Brahmavidya]] and then eventually death.   

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 yet good or punya karmas or deeds in this world, with satvika thoughts, deeds and charities, with danaguna and who are parahitachintaka ॥ onw 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.  They embark on another kind of life journey which involves discharging one’s functional responsibilities or dharma and fulfilling material desires with no direction towards acquiring [[Brahmavidya (ब्रह्मविद्या)|ब्रह्मविद्या || Brahmavidya]] and then eventually death. This is called the path of smoke, or ''dhuma-marga, dakshinayana-patha,'' or the Southern movements which is, again, presided over by divinities    

Such people during continue their journey at night time, during the कृष्णपक्ष || krsnapaksha (अमावास्या || amavasya-dark moon) in the southern direction, reaching the धुमाभिमनि देवताः || dhumabhimani (wind gods) without seeing the संवत्सर देवताः || sanvatsar devata they reach the पितृलोक || pitrulok (land of the ancestors) then to the Sky and eventually reach सोम || soma (the grain of the Gods).  

- Such dharma sadhaka during उत्क्रमन || Utkramana time are received by the Wind Gods. From there they continue their journey at night time (God of night).  

After their karma is exhausted, these souls come back to पृथ्वीलोक || prutvilok using the same path that they had used to go up, through the Sky, Wind, Smoke, Cloud, Rain. Determined by one’s कर्म || karma, the soul is reborn embodied through अन्न || anna (rice, wheat, herbs, tree, varieties of roots and medicinal herbs). By the power of धर्म || dharma and कर्म || karma (दैव || daiva) and through these grains, one may be born either as a ब्राह्मण || brahmana, क्षत्रिय || kshatriya or वैश्य || vaisya. Such pious people are called as रमनिया चरना || ramaniya charna. If however their accumulated sin during the human birth is high, then they could become dog, pig or a चान्डाल || chandala (outcaste).  Those souls who do not traverse either of these paths, the देवयान and पितृयान, are reborn time and again in the lower species of life.  Therefore पितृलोक || pitri loka is not filled all the time.   

 

 

 

After their karma is exhausted, these souls come back to पृथ्वीलोक || prutvilok using the same path that they had used to go up, through the Sky, Wind, Smoke, Cloud, Rain. Determined by one’s कर्म || karma, the soul is reborn embodied through अन्न || anna (rice, wheat, herbs, tree, varieties of roots and medicinal herbs).  

 

By the power of धर्म || dharma and कर्म || karma (दैव || daiva) and through these grains, one may be born either as a ब्राह्मण || brahmana, क्षत्रिय || kshatriya or वैश्य || vaisya. Such pious people are called as रमनिया चरना || ramaniya charna.  

 

If however their accumulated sin during the human birth is high, then they could become dog, pig or a चान्डाल || chandala (outcaste).  Those souls who do not traverse either of these paths, the देवयान and पितृयान, are reborn time and again in the lower species of life.  Therefore पितृलोक || pitri loka is not filled all the time.   

== As in Brahmasutras ==

== As in Brahmasutras ==

== References ==

== References ==

Chandogya Upanishad Chapter 6

 

# Chandogya Upanishad Chapter 6

http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_3/bs_3-1-01.html

# http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_3/bs_3-1-01.html

 

# http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_4/bs_4-2-04.html

http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/bs_4/bs_4-2-04.html

 

# http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_major_works/brahma_suutra.html

http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_major_works/brahma_suutra.html

# http://bhagavadgita.org.in/Chapters

 

# [[wikipedia:Festival_of_the_Dead|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead]]

http://bhagavadgita.org.in/Chapters

 

[[wikipedia:Festival_of_the_Dead|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead]]