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grown. Jata-vedas is that fire from which enjoyments proceed that
which gratifies all sense-desires. It is the chief fire of the Karma-
kanda of the Vedas). By the invocation of the three vedas, that fire
became three fold. (Ahavaniya, Garhapatya, and Dakshina are the
three fires perpetually kept in the household. Ahavaniya is the
eastern fire which represents the relations of the house holder with the
Devas. G ??rhapatya is the sacred fire which the householder receives
from his father and transmits to his descendants and from which fires
for sacrificial purposes are lighted. It represents household and
family duties. Dakhina is the southern fire. It represents all classes
of duty to the Pitris). The king imagined this threefold fire to be
his son (The son by his offerings sends his father's soul to Svarga.
The sacrificial fire also sends the performer to Svarga). With that
fire, he performed Yajna desiring to reach the Loka (plane) of
Urvasi. Prior to this in Satya Yuga, Pranava was the only Veda,
Narayana was the only Deva, there was only one fire and only one
caste. The three Vedas came only from Pururavas, at the beginning
of Treta Yuga. The king attained Gandharva Loka by means of
the fire. (In Satya Yuga, Satva generally prevailed in men. There-
fore they were all fixed in meditation. But in Treta Yuga, Rajas
prevailed and by the division of the Vedas, Karma Marga made
its appearance. Srtdhara.}
[The true history of the origin of the three Vedas is thus
given in veiled words. They originated in the strong desire of men
in Treta Yuga for the possession of heavenly things. This gives us
about two millions of years at the present day. The origin of the
Vedas must not be confounded however with their existence in the
present form. For that we must refer to the sacrifice of Haris
Chandra, the adoption of Sunah sepha by Visvamitra and the division
amongst the Madhu Chandas brothers.]
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m. Urvasi
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Ayus Srutayus Satyayus Raya Vijaya Jaya
I I II
Vasumat Srutanjaya Eka Bhima Amita
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Kanchana
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