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9. Mukti the continued perception of the identity of self and
of Brahma.
10. Asraya The Final Resort, Para Brahma or Paramatma
from whom Creation and Dissolution both proceed.
This brings us to the end of the Second Skandha.
BHAGAVATA AS RELATED BY MAITREYA TO
VIDURA.
The Third and Fourth Branches of the Bhagavata are related
by Maitreya to Vidura. Maitreya was the disciple of Parasara,
father of Vyasa. Parasara learned the Purana from Sankhyayana,
Sankhyayana from Sanat Kumara and Sanat Kumara from Atlanta
Deva.
I. THE CREATION
SKANDHA III., CHAP. 5-6.
At Pralaya, the Sakti of Bhagavan was asleep. That Sakti
is Maya, which is Sat-asat or Existing-nonexisting Existing eter-
nally as root, and not so existing as forms. Following the law of
Periodicity (Kala), Purusha fecundated Maya. Mahat and other
principles appeared by transformation. All these principles were
Devas, having in them germs of consciousness, action and transfor-
mation. They could not unite to form the Universe, being divergent
in character. They prayed to Isvara for power to unite. Taking
Prakriti as a part (Sakti) of Him, Isvara entered into the 23 Tatvas or
root principles. He awakened the Karma that remained latent in them.
By Kriya Sakti, He then united then. The 23 Tatvas, acting under
Divine Energy and the impulse of Karma that had remained latent in
them, formed the Virat body, each bearing its own share in the work.
The Purusha within this body Virat Purusha or Hiranya Purusha
with all beings and globes included in Him, dwelt for one thousand
years in the waters (like the embryo in the waters of the uterus.) This
Embryonic Purusha divided self by self, onefold by Daiva Sakti, tenfold
by Kriya Sakti and threefold by Atma Sakti. The onefold division is
in the Heart. The tenfold division is in the Pranas (Prana, Apana,
Samana, Udana, Vyana, Naga, KOrma, Krikara, Devadatta and
Dhananjaya,) for the Pranas are not Tatvas or principles, but they
form an aspect of Purusha. The threefold division is AtmS in every
being which is triune with its three sides Adhyatma, Adhibhuta and
Adhidaiva. The Purusha infused His Sakti into the Virat body,
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