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THOUGHTS OX THE ABOVE.

[The line of Uttanapada, as I have said above, represents tfie
appearance of individual life-forms. Limitation had to be put to the
life-periods of individuals. We commence with Dhruva, who pre-
sides over the polar star, and lives for one Kalpa. His sons are
Kalpa and Vatsara. " Vatsara " means year. The sons of Vatsara
are the six seasons. " Pushparna" is the flower season or spring.
"Tigmaketu " means fierce-rayed. The word denotes summer
season. "Isha" means full of sat and is the name of the month of
Asvina. But it means here the rainy season. " Urja " is the name
of the month of Kartika. It is indicative of autumn. " Vasu"
meaning wealth is the season between autumn and winter, when
paddy becomes ripe. " Prabha " is light. " Dosha " is darkness.
"Pratar," " Madhyandina " and Sayam are morning, midday and
evening, respectively. " Pradosha " is first part of the night,
'Nis'itha" is midnight. " Vyushta " is day break. " Sarva-tejas '*
is all-fire. He was subsequently called Chakshus or eye. The
names other than Chakshus indicate different capacities of individual
life, ranging from portions of a day to the whole Kalpa. When the
downward flow of Jivas was the rule, Dhruva had to make great
sacrifice to remain fixed on the spiritual plane. Hence he worshipped
Vishnu, as directed by Narada. Sarva-tejas or Chakshus perhaps
indicates the appearance of perceptive faculties. The son of Chak-
shus is glorified with the title of Manu. This is significant. He is
called Nadvala, or one made of reeds. This marks a new era in
the progress of Monads. As the reed is made up of sheaths over-lap-
ping each other, so the sons of this Manu were constituted of over-
lapping principles. Why Nadvala is called Manu, has to be found
out in the circumstances that attended the progress of the Monads
from the mineral to the vegetable stage. The son of this Manu
was Anga or the limbs. And Anga was wedded to the daughter of
the death god. So there was no death up to the Nadvala form
of life, and no limbs. It was something like the appearance of pro-
toplastic matter, with all its potentialities of evolving life forms.
Thus we can understand the importance of Nadvala as a Manu.
Death or decay made the inorganic to develop organs or anga.]

II. THE STORY OF PRITHU.
SKANDHA. IV. CHAP. 13-23.

Nadvala had twelve sons; one of them being Ulmuka (fire-brand,
torch). He had six sons, one of them being Anga or the members

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