Lady devotee (2): So the minute we die, we reincarnate in another body . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Yes, immediately. It is just like it is said that you forward one step. When you see that the forward step is right place, then you take the other step. Like this. When you find this is solid, then you take it away, then you put again. It is like that. So at the time of death, as soon as it is settled up that this soul should migrate to such and such body, by superior . . . it is not in my hand. Daiva-netreṇa (SB 3.31.1). Daiva-netreṇa means by superior examination. That is called the day of judgment in the Bible. Whether this soul is going to hell or heaven, that is the day of judgment.
But they have insufficient knowledge, therefore they think that all the souls, after death, they lie down for perpetually. It is not that. Actually the judgment is there immediately, and he gets another birth, either hell or heaven. Not that he has to wait for the day of judgment. Immediately the day of judgment is . . . it is does not linger, it is not ordinary court, that you have to wait for your judgment for three years or . . . no, immediately. Immediately it is settled up, and the soul is transferred to the father and the . . . that is material process, how the body will grow.