Yayati said : O lion of kings, the man who dies, assumes a subtle form, but he retains the consciousness of all his acts as if in a dream. He then assumes some other form with a quicker speed than that of air.
भवन्ति पापा ययातिरुवाच हित्वा सोऽसून् सुप्तवन्निष्टनित्वा पुरोधाय सुकृतं दुष्कृतं वा। अन्यां योनि पवनाग्रानुसारी हित्वा देहं भजते राजसिंह॥