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Loka with his pure Linga Sarira. There the dwellers of Svarga
cannot go. Mahar Loka is the abode of Brahmavids, where Bhrigu
and other adepts who live for a whole Kalpa dwell.
"The Yogi remains in Mahar Loka till the end of the Kalpa,
when, seeing the Triloki burnt up by fire from the mouth of Ananta
or Sankarshana, the fires reaching even Mahar Loka s he moves to-
Xvards the abode of Paramesthi (Satya Loka or Brahma Loka). This
highest Loka lasts for two Pararddhas and is adorned by the chariots
of the kings of Sicldhas. There is no sorrow in Brahma Loka, no
infirmity, no death, no misery, no fear of any kind. But the Yogi
suffers from mental pain caused by sympathy with those that
suffer for their ignorance of the supreme state in the recurence of
births with their endless miseries.
There are three courses for those that go to Brahma Loka.
Some by the excellence of their merits get responsible cosmical posi-
tions at the next Kalpa. Others remain in the Brahma Loka till the
end of the cosmos or Brahmanda. The Upasakas of Bhagavan
however may at their will pierce through the cosmos or Brahmanda
and reach the trans-cosmic plane of Vishnu. The text goes on to
say how this is done. The cosmos cansists of seven Patalas and
seven Lokas, together forming the fourteen-fold Bhuvana, which ex-
tends over 50 Krores of Yojanas (i Yojana = 8 miles). Surrounding
this is a covering of the earthy principle, such as was not used up in
the formation of the cosmos, extending over one krore of yojanas.
(According to some this covering extends over 50 krores of yojanas.)
The second cover is of water, extending over ten times as much
space as earth, the third of fire, the fourth of air, the fifth of akasa,
the sixth of Ahankara, the seventh of Mahat, each covering ten times
as much space as the one preceding. The eighth cover is Prakriti,
which is all pervading. The Linga Sarira of the Yogi in passing
through the earthy cover, becomes earthy, through water becomes
watery, and through fire, fiery. With the fiery body he goes to the
air cover and with the airy cover to the akasa cover. He passes also
through the Tanmatras and senses them. He passes through Prana
itself and becomes all action. Having thus crossed the Sthula and
Sukshma coverings, the Yogi reaches the sixth covering that of the
Transformable or Ahankara Tatva, which is the absorber of the
Tanmatras and of the Indriyas. Thence he goes to Mahat Tatva and
thence to Pradhana, where all the Gunas find their resting place. Then
becoming all Pradhana himself full of bliss, he attains with the exhaus-
tion of all upddhis the trans-cosmic Atma, which is Peace and Bliss.
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