How Yama knows the sins and good deeds of people on earth?
Suda Goswami spoke to the Sownaga and the assembled Rishis who were hearing his story:
Bhagawan Narayana speaks to Garuda:
“Oh, King of Birds! During the Pralaya Period, Lord Maha Vishnu accomodated all the people, living beings and celestials within him and was in Nitra (Sleep) on the flood of waters! Then, Lord Brahma appeared from his body and performed penance for a very long period thinking of Sri Hari! So, Lord Vishnu taught Brahma all the vedas and the secrets of how to create living beings in the world! Based on the knowledge received from Maha Vishnu, Brahma created living beings in the world! Immediately after such creations, the celestials headed by Rudra (Lord Shiva) started to perform their duties!
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After the Brahma created Celestials, Yama reached the town JYMINI, and did researches about how to know the sins and good deeds of every Jeevan on earth! However, he could not succeed in fully knowing all the acts of all the jeevans!
So, he felt worried and hence went to Lord Brahma and requested Him:
“Prabho! You have assigned me to record the good and bad deeds of jeevans and give treatments accordingly! But, even after so many attempts, I could not learn how to know their activities from my town! Only if I know that, I can punish the sinners and elevate good persons! So, please bless me with the knowledge to learn and do the needful!”
On hearing the plea of the Yama, Four faced Lord Brahma took a type of grass called DHARPA (used in all vedic rituals that looks like a slim straw) and threw it in front of Yama! From that grass, 12 children took birth with long eyes and beauty and the talent of learning all just by MIND EYE!
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Then Brahma told Yama: “Hey, Yama Dharma Raj! These twelve boys are experts in finding what every jeevan think, speak, act, as if they were with them, through their divine capacity given by me! These boys will collectively tell you all about every jeevan! So, maintain your dharma with the help of these 12 boys!”
Hearing those words, Yama happily left with the 12 boys and started his work of recording the good and bad deeds of the jeevans on earth and giving either gifts or punishments from that day! Through these 12 ravanas, Yama knows the sins and good deeds of people on earth.
Garuda! When the life on earth ends, the yama kingaras would pull the micro sized & gaseous formed Jeevan to the Yamapuri! There are two routes to yamapuri! Those who had done dhaan, dharma, and lived a pious life will travel through a comfortable route to Yamapuri and they will be taken by Yama kingaras on a Vimana (plane) or on horse! Those who learnt Vedas & Puranas will be taken to the heavenly planets! All other sinners who never did dhaan and dharma will be taken by walk through uncomfortable route filled with dense forests, sharp leaves, hottest sand, etc, that makes the walking jeevan painful (with a temporary body as explained earlier)!
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If that jeevan (man) had respected those 12 Siravanas when he was alive, those Siravanas will come now to help him and inform only the good karma of that jeevan to the Yama to help that jeevan to escape from the severe punishments to be later declared by yama! In fact, those who offer respects to these Siravanas will never get the courage to do sins!
Let me tell you how to please the Siravanas! When alive, One must take 12 pots made up of copper and offer along with the food to a brahmana! If he does like that, all these 12 Siravanas will help when that person dies and meets yama, by screening his sinful activities!
Those who gives liberal Dhaan (Donations) and Dharma (Duties) to his capacity to the brahmanas will be freed from their sins and their good karma will be rewarded by the yama with heavenly life.
Garuda, those who heard or read with devotion, about the birth story of these 12 Siravanas will be relieved of their sins (as they will stop further sinning)!
This is how, Yama knows the sins and good deeds of people on earth!
(What is ‘SIN’ as per the Scriptures? Definition of Sin & Tips to avoid sins! READ HERE!)