Although, O good man, thou regardest thyself, thinking, 'I am alone,' yet the holy one (saint) who sees the evil and the good, stands ever in thy heart.
It is in truth god Yama, the son of Vivasvant, who resideth in thy heart; if thou beest not at variance with him (thou needest) not (to) go to the Ganges and to the (holy land of) the Kurus (to be purified).'" Here there is no abatement in Vedic polytheism, although it is circled round with a thin mist from later teachings.

In the same way the ordinary man is taught that at death his spirit (soul) will pass as a manikin out of his body and go to Yama to be judged; while the feasts to the Manes, of course, imply always the belief in the individual activity of dead ancestors.

Such expressions as 'The seven daughters of Varuna' (_sapta v[=a]ru[n.][=i]r im[=a]s,_ [=A]cv.

_Grih.S_.2.3.

3) show that even in detail the old views are still retained.