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had touched Amrita, it became immortal. Brahma made it a planet
Rahu still pursues the Sun and Moon at eclipses out of enmity.
When the Amrita was wholly spent, Vishnu assumed His own
form and in the presence of all left the place on the back of Garuda.
The Asuras found they had been deceived and they became
very angry. They could not bear the success of their enemies but
they instantly engaged in fight with them. The fight was personal
between the chiefs of both sides. (It is interesting to note the anta-
gonistic names, as they give the correspondences between the Deva
and Asura chiefs.) Indra fought with Bali, Kartikeya with Taraka,
Varuna with Heti, Mitra with Praheti, Yama with Kalanabha, Visva-
karma with Maya, Tvastri with Sambara, Savitri with Virochana,
Aparajita with Namuchi. The Asvini Kumaras with Vrishaparvan,
Surya (Sun) with the hundred sons of Bali, Vana and others,
Chandra (Moon) with Rahu, Vayu with Puloman, Bhadra Kali with
Sumbha and Nishumbha, Vrishakapi with Jambha, Vibhavasu with
Mahisha, the sons of Brahma with Ilvala and Vatapi, Brihaspati
with Sukra, Sani with Naraka, the Maruts with the Nivatakavachas
the Vasus with the Kaleyas, the Visvadevas with the Poulamas
and the Rudras with the KrSdhavasas. (Those who want to make
a deep study will do well to note these correspondences as they will
serve to explain points which I have not touched upon as beyond
the scope of the present work).
The Asuras used all the weapons of tempting Maya and
conquered the Devas, Vishnu then came to their rescue and they
became victorious (The details of the fight might be interesting from
an occult point of view, for which the reader must refer to the
original.)
Siva heard that Vishnu had assumed an enchanting female
form. To satisfy his curiosity he went to Him with Bhavani.
Vishnu assumed that form again to satisfy Siva. The Astral Lord
became passionate and ran after that female form and embraced her.
The female Vishnu got out of the embrace and reassumed His own
form. Siva was then restored to himself.
THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE.
We have already seen that the ascent of spirit commenced in
the Vaivasvata Manvantara. If the fourteenth Manvantara or the
second half of the Seventh Round he left out of consideration, as
the Manvantara of Dissolution or Pralaya, the middle of the remain-
ing 13 Manvantaras will be in the Vaivasvata Manvantara. But the
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