Yamdoot (यमदूत)

Yamdoot (यमदूत | yamadūta) means a messenger or servant of Yamraj, the celestial authority responsible for administering justice according to karma.

Yamdoots carry out Yamraj's orders, including escorting jeevs after death and administering punishments in Narak.

Role of Yamdoots

Yamdoots come at the time of death of those with rajasik and tamasik tendencies as they are destined for punishment in Narak.

Yamdoot forcibly extract the jeev from the physical body and take it to Narak, where they also carry out the punishments ordered by Yamraj.

Yamdoots do not act independently. They carry out Yamraj's orders in accordance with the jeev's karma.

Also written as Yamaduta, Yamadut, Yamdoot.

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Reference

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