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will be punished and others not. Why should there be this differ-
ence? We know Thee to be the sole dispenser of the Law for the
vicious. But just now the attendants of Vishnu came and wrested
from our hands a transgressor against the Vedas." " True my sons ",
replied Yama, " there is some one above me and it is Vishnu. His
ways are mysterious.
The whole Universe is in Him. His attendants always save
His votaries. Only twelve of us know his Dharma, which is Bha-
gavata and no one else. These twelve are Brahma, Siva, Sanat
Kumara, Narada, Kapila, Manu, Prahlada, Janaka, Bhishma, Bali,
Suka and myself.
Ajamila heard the conversation between the messengers of
Yama and Vishnu. He became sorely penitent (the repentance is
strongly described). He overcame his attachments, left the house and
went to Haridvara. There he meditated on Vishnu with concentrated
mind. The former attendants of Vishnu appeared once more and
took him on a chariot to Vishnu Loka.
THE PROGENY OF DAKSHA.
SKANDA VI. CHAP. 4-6.
[We left the line of Uttanapada with Daksha, the son of the
Prachetas brothers. We were told of his work of creation in the
Chakshasha Manvantara. But we have to take up the line just now,
to introduce the story of Visva RGpa.]
Daksha first carried on the work of creation by Manasic re-
production. But he found this sort of reproduction was not adequate
for the enlargement of creation. He went to a place near the Vin-
dhyas and prayed hard to Vishnu. Vishnu became pleased with his
prayers and advised 'him to marry Asikni, the daughter of Prajapati
Panchajana. " Take her for your wife and have sexual intercourse
with her. By sexual reproduction, you shall have a large progeny
and that form of reproduction shall prevail among your sons too".
By Asikni, Daksha had at first IO thousand sons called
Haryasva. He asked them to take up the work of creation. They
went westwards to where the river Sindhu falls into the ocean. They
began to make Tapas there for their progeny. Narada appeared
before them and dissuaded them from Pravritti Marga. He gave them
instructions for obtaining Moksha and they followed the path of its
attainment.
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