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out at the beginning' of the Sarga(1) by the first PraJa-pat^2^
In the meanwhile, most Jivas are self-centred so completely
that they are oblivious of each other, and feel not each other's
common Jiva-hood, even as men that dwell on the shores of
the southern ocean know naught of the men that inhabit the
shores of the northern, or as the toad that lives in the core of
the mountain-stone knows not of the frog- that croaks in th&
stream of the valley." •

CHAPTER VI

The Story of LUa. (concluded)

Sarasvati: "But see^ Viduratha has almost passed away,.
and is even now entering again into the heart of Padma lying.
on the flowers."

LTia : ^Devx ! let us follow too by the same path by which
he goes."

Sarasvati; ^He goes in the Chin-maya(3) form by the path.
laid out by his desire. Let it be as thou sayest; we too shall
go by the same way. To counteract each other's wishes
would surely loosen all the bonds of love."

And as they spoke thus to each other, the eyes of king
Viduratha turned inwards ; the lips grew dry and white; the
whole frame took on the colour of sere leaves, the breath came
thin like sounds of wings of tiniest bees, the limbs grew
motionless like carven stone, and all at once the Jiva quitted
that body, as birds quit falling 'trees, and soared into the
skies. With their luminous vision, the two, Sarasvati and

(1) Manifestation.

(2) Lord of creatures. JFor some idea of the G-reat Plan, study H. P..
Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine and also any one of the great Puranas,
3'hagavata^ or Dem Bhdgavata, or Vishnu, or Vayu, or Marfcandeya^.
or Matsya, or Kurma.