[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 249.6 # Storia do Mogor 249.6 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 249.6 - **Language:** English ### [249.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249.6) In this spot, as my authors say, there exists as president and executioner of sentences a minister of Chivem (Sivam) called Yamadar Maharaige (Yamadhar, Maharaj), with a scribe they call Chistranguptam (Chitraguptam), who keeps an account of all the sins and all the good deeds of mankind. When a man dies they believe he is led before the president of hell, who asks him whether he prefers first to enjoy the reward of his good deeds, or undergo the due punishment of his sins. According to the choice and the reply of the dead man, the said president pronounces sentence. If he wishes first to obtain the reward of his virtues either in the Zoarcan (Swargam), or other region which he prefers, orders are given that afterwards he must return to hell to expiate his faults. But after he has given satisfaction in this said hell for his evil deeds, he is born again, each one according as he has done good or evil. For he who has worked evil, and belonged to a poverty-stricken family, comes to life again in one still more miserable. They say, for example, that a Brahman who during life should have served and lived one month with Chutres (Shudras), the lowest and most despised of all the castes, will not fail to be chastened in hell for this sin. He will either re-enter life in the Shudra caste or in some other ten million times lower and more degraded. - [Previous: 249.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249.5) - [Next: 249.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249.7) - [Up: 249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.249.6) · Pramāṇa