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== The destination of the atma after death ==

The dialogue between Yama and Nachiketa where Yama reveals the eternal secret of death to him forms the essence of Kathopanishad belonging to the Taittriya Krishna Yaurveda shaka.  

Yamaraj tells Nachiketa that he will reveal the eternal secret of the Vedas to him. Even though living entity having eternal association of Paramatma, then how is that Jiva falls into so many species of life?  Yamaraja answers this question:  some people may assume this is the act of destiny. Or some may blame the paramatma for pushing jiva into different forms of life.   Therefore Yamaraja discusses the role of Paramatma for jiva as an indwelling supersoul, and its impact on  jiva’s rise and fall.  Yamaraja answers all these questions in next few mantras.  (Taittiriya upanishada 2.2.6).

 

Though living entity has an association with Paramatma who is eternal, even then Jiva falls into birth cycles seen as so many species of life? Yama answers this question saying some people assume rebirth as the act of Karma or destiny (due to one's own actions) while others blame the Paramatma for pushing jiva into different forms of life (due to other's actions).  

 

In this Upanishad, Yama discusses the role of Paramatma in Jiva as an indwelling Supreme Soul and its impact on Jiva’s rise and fall.<ref>Narayanacharya, K. S. (2011). ''Veda Sanskritiya Parichaya, Part I.'' Hubli:​Sahitya Prakashana​.</ref>

== Karma and rebirth ==

== Karma and rebirth ==

What happens to jiva after death? Not all jivas  have the same result, different people are born into different kinds of background and bodies according to their karma, their ||upasana ( kind of worship). Some  will accept the  body of (sthavara)immovable body, but this is not Paramatma’s doing. According to the philosophy of ||karma siddhanta (), all living entities have the current life based on their karma<blockquote>"''yatha karma yathashrutam ||''"</blockquote>But through all these journeys the Paramatma travels with the jivatma.

What is the fate of Jiva after death of the body? Not all Jivas follow the same course of journey. According to the Karma Siddhanta which is the foundation of Sanatana Dharma, this universe abounds with numerous people born in various environments, with various levels of thinking, intelligence and physical bodies primarily attributed to the karma and upasana ( kind of worship) that each individual Jiva has performed.  

 

Every birth has some meaning, while some assume the body of sthavara or immovable body (rocks, trees), while others have assume the jangama or movable bodies (animals, insects). According to the philosophy of ||karma siddhanta (), all living entities have the current life based on their karma<blockquote>"''yatha karma yathashrutam ||''"</blockquote>But through all these journeys the Paramatma travels with the jivatma.

== Who is ||Lokasrushta (the creator of the cosmos)? ==

== Who is ||Lokasrushta (the creator of the cosmos)? ==