Acharya Prashant explains that when a person dies, they do not go anywhere in a metaphysical sense; rather, they disintegrate and return to the material elements of soil, water, and air. He clarifies that the self or consciousness arises from the body once it attains a specific physical configuration and maturity. Using the example of a fetus, he notes that life is ascribed only after several months of development, suggesting that the self is a product of the body's material processes. When the body's configuration is lost due to age, disease, or accident, the self simply ceases to exist in its manifest form.
