A karmakandi pandit told a Jat that his dead father was very unhappy in the"other" world and would be very happy if he gifted his cow to him and earned the punya (merit) of gifting his cow. The cow would be sent to his father in the other world. The Jat gifted the cow. Some weeks or months later, when the Jat happened to pass by the house of that Brahmin, he saw his cow in his courtyard. He asked how the cow was there and not in the "other world" as he had promised. The Brahmin said that the subtle body (sookmsha deha) the cow had been despatched to the "other world". Not satisfied, the Jat got annoyed and took back his cow.