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men from sages or Rishis proper are many, and human evolution
proceeds on the line of those grades.
Energies of another kind proceeded from Mahar Loka, energies
known as Devas and Asuras. They work out, or rather they are inti-
mately connected with, the tendency of life-evolution. There is a
tendency in the Spiritual Jiva to acquire experience of the lower
planes, through senses which they develop. The Asuras are connec-
ted with this tendency. There is the opposite tendency in the Jiva to
get rid of the material taint and the material restriction earned
in the efforts to acquire manifold experiences and to gain back the
original state of purity after the acquisition of fresh sipritual treasures
though the experiences of matter. The Devas are connected with
this tendency.
These are the forms of life which then come into existence
and work out their evolution in this Triloki.
Life evolution proceeds on two different lines that of globes
and that of individuals. They are represented by the two sons of
Manu Priyavrata and Uttanapada.
In the.line of Priyavrata we find how the globes were formed
in the solar system, through various cosmic fires originating from
Visvakarma, how this earth was formed, its continents and coun-
tries. The different divisions of the Bhur Loka are presided over by
different forms of intelligence, who are the sons of Priyavrata.
In the line of UttanapAda we find the different life kingdoms
passing through different stages of evolution.
First of all, we find a limit is put to life existence in Triloki by
Dhruva. Dhruva, son of Uttanapada, presides over the Polar Star.
That Star forms the farthest limit of Triloki. Matter is so attenu-
ated there that it can last for one Kalpa. We are speaking of a
period when infant souls merged out to commence the race of
life in the present Kalpa. They were spiritual and highly spiritual
too. But they were carried away by the general current of creative
tendencies. They were to limit themselves by sheath after sheath, so
that they might acquire the experiences of Svar Loka, of Bhuvar Loka
and of Bhur Loka in succession. Dhruva, the infant soul, a child only
five years old, however, resisted the common temptation. He would
not go down, for he had an important service to render to the Uni-
verse. Who would advise him in this noble mission but Narada.
Narada was out of element when the creative process was in full
swing, and it was a necessity of life evolution. But there were ins-
tances of exception, instances of noble souls who would not go in
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