What is the Journey after death for animals birds and species?
“……Devi Dasi” asked like this:
“Hare Krishna prabhuji, Dandvat pranams. While going through your post, related with the journey of the soul after death, a question came to my mind. The soul stays at the house for 13 days and then its onward journey starts to the Yamlok. This is when the soul is taken out from a human body. What happens to the soul of other species, what is their journey after leaving that body of a cat, dog, mosquito or any other creature other than a human. Please guide. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. Your insignificant servant”
REPLY:
See, the journey to the Yamaloka, Enquiries by Yama, Sending to the hells and heavens, etc., are required only for humans who involve in Karma.
Only for those who act using their own freewill by making plans, the karma is accounted.
(Is ancestors visiting earth after death from Pitru Loka possible? READ HERE!)
For the animals birds and species, there is no karma account because they do not use their freewill to plan and do something.
They do the acts that are already programmed for them and die.
All the acts of animals birds and species are pre-programmed by the creator Krishna.
They can’t involve in new activities.
So, they don’t plan and spoil others’ lives.
Even for humans, only the planned acts come under karma. Innocent offenses are forgiven.
Animals birds and species can’t plan to spoil others.
(Why should the dead bodies be cremated as early as possible? READ HERE!)
Even in the criminal laws in the countries, killing to protect ourselves when someone attacks us is not punished by the laws.
Only Planned offenses and sins are taken to be considered as karma.
Since the animals birds and species can’t involve ion planned karma, there is no need for heavens, hells, etc for them.
Since there is no need for sending them to the heavens and hells, they do not need to be enquired by Yama.
So, they need not be taken to the Yamaloka.
(HOW THE ATHMA (SOUL) CHANGES THE BODIES? – MECHANISM! READ HERE!)
The soul of animals birds and species stay on earth itself.
Their next birth is pre-planned.
For example (just for example), a fish gets crocodile body after death straightaway without any enquiries.
A crow may get the body of owl after death straightaway without any enquiries.
A bull may get the body of cow or horse after death straightaway without any enquiries.
Usually, the animals birds and species get elevated next birth – weak bird to powerful bird, powerful bird to animals, weak animals to powerful animals, then human birth, like that.
An animal can’t take degraded lower birth as a bird because they have no need to be punished. They can go only to the higher stage.
(Why should the family follow Sutak (Grief) Rituals for a dead person for one year? READ HERE!)
But, a man can get degraded birth as an animal if his activities are not like a human, but like an animal.
Thus, only the humans are controlled by karma. Not the animals birds and species.
Since their next births are pre-fixed, there is no need for enquiries, punishments, rewards, etc.
They die and take another birth by being here itself.
No journey to the Yama’s world.
Hope you are clear about the Journey after death for animals birds and species.
(What are the happenings after death as per Srimad Bhagavatham? READ HERE!)