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the chariots of great Siddhas, and which lasts for the whole life
period of Brahma." (II-2-XXVI).
Those who did not reach the Manasic state, in the last Kalpa
were no acquisitions to the higher planes of Brahmanda, which stand
over the three mortal planes, where all experience is to be gathered.
Those who developed the Manasic state were gathered to the third
of the higher planes, Jana Loka, because further development was
possible, nay it was a necessity, in the Triloki that was to come. But
there were others, who did not quite reach the Manasic state, but
they were still on the way to acquire such state, and in fact they
acquired the human form. They were also preserved to carry out a
certain purpose in the life evolution of the coming Kalpa which will
be shortly mentioned. How they were preserved, the Puranas do
not speak of. They became the Pitris of the present Kalpa. The
Pitris reached different states of development and were therefore
classed under seven heads. Some of them had developed the fire
in them and some were without the fire. " Agnishvatta, Barhishad,
Somapa, and Ajyapa are Pitris with fire; the others are without fire.
They were all wedded to Svadha, the daughter of Daksha." IV-i-iii.
The mention of the word " fire " requires a little explanation.
The Upanishads say that the three mortal Lokas of form Bhur,
Bhuvar and Svar are the transformations of " Tejobanna " *', e. of
fire, water and earth. The other two elements do not enter into the
constitution of forms. The element earth predominates on the plane
of Bhur or the material plane. Water is supreme on Bhuvar or the
Astral plane. Our Kamic tendencies proceed from the presence of
water in us. Fire is the element of Svarga or the Mental plane.
Fire devas are therefore the highest devas of Triloki. The forty-nine
forms of fire are therefore so many forms of consciousness. Some
of the Pitris developed fire in them, i. e. they developed the principle
of mind in them, in however rudimental a form it might be.
Devas and Rishis were also preserved. Jana Loka is the
Loka of Kumaras. We shall therefore call the souls preserved in
Jana Loka as Kumaras, or Kumaric souls.
Commenting on the fourth sloka, twelvth chapter, Third
Skandha, Sridhara says: "Sanaka and others are not created in every
Kalpa. The mention of their creation has reference to the Brahma
Kalpa, i. e. the first Kalpa. In fact the objects of Mukhya creation
and others are brought into existence in every Kalpa. Sanaka and
others are only created in the Brahma Kalpa and they follow the
other Kalpas." The Mukhya creation has reference to chapter 10,
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