Ishta Purtam is a compound word used in Rig Veda and Upanishads to denote the performance of sacrifices and other rituals ordained in the texts. Ishta is the results of yajna and rituals which are not visible but have to be believed in (ishta). Purta consists of acts useful to the public like digging tanks and wells, feeding the poor and doing other acts of charity (purta) helpful to society. According to the doctrine of transmigration developed in the Upanishadic period, there are two distinct stages. The former is the earlier Vedic view of recompense in the next world. The later theory relates to the path of knowledge and meditation leading to Brahman (the supreme truth). The former is the way of pitra-yana (the forefathers), while latter is the way of deva-yana (the gods). Ishta Purtam In Chandogya Upanishad Chandogya Upanishad (V.10) states that those who perform charitable deeds or undertake such public works as the digging of wells follow after death the way of t