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The Pralaya at the end of seven Rounds therefore means the
Pralaya of Triloki.
The last Globe Chain of which the Moon formed a living planet
belonged to Padma Kalpa. Our Globe D is the iSooist since the
birth of the Kosmos. There will be 17999 more such Globes, one
after each Pralaya of Globe Chains. There will be iSooo more
Pralayas of the Globe Chain. Then there will be a general dissolution
or Prakritika Pralaya, not only of the Globe Chain, but of the whole
Kosmic system.
V.-THE CREATION BY BRAHMA (Continued] III. 12.
The first creation of Brahma was the five-fold Avidya, vis:
(1) Tamas or ignorance of Self (Avidya in Patanjali.)
(2) Moha or egoism (Asmita.)
(3) Maha Moha or desire for enjoyment (Raga).
(4) Tamisra or mental disturbance on the non-fulfilment of
desires (Dvesha).
(5) Andha Tamisra or false perception of death (Abhinives'a).
BrahmcL was not pleased with this dark creation. He purified
his soul by meditation on Bhagavan and created Sanaka, Sananda,
Sanatana and Sanatkumara. These Munis had no performances
(for their own evolution). They were Urdha-retas. Brahma, address-
ing them, said " Sons, go and multiply yourselves." But they
sought Moksha, and heeded him not. Brahma got enraged at the
disobedience of his sons, and, though he tried to put down his anger,
it burst forth from between his eye-brows and appeared as Kumara
Nila-Lohita or Blue-Red. The boy, the first born of Devas, wept and
cried out to Brahma " Give me names and give me abodes." " That
shall be done," replied Brahma, " and, as thou wept like a boy, thou
shalt be called Rudra or the Weeper. The heart, the Indriyas, Prana,
Akasa, Vayu, Agni, Apas, Prithvi, the Sun, the Moon and Tapas are
your abodes. Manyu, Manu, Mahinasa, Mahan, Siva, Ritadhvaja,
Ugra-retas, Bhava, Kala, Bamadeva and Dhrita-vrata these are thy
eleven names; Dhi, Dhriti, Rasaloma, Nijut, Sarpi, I la, Ambika",
Iravati, Svadha, Diksha and Rudrani, these are thy wives. Beget
sons, as thou art Prajapati." Thus ordered, Nila-Lohita begot sons
like unto himself in might, form and habits. The Rudras became
numerous, and they spread all round the Universe ready almost to
devour it. Brahma became afraid of his creation, and, addressing
himself to Rudra, said " O Chief of Devas, desist from such crea-
tion. Thy progeny with their fiery eyes are consuming all and
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