Part 15 (1/2)

Perhaps the Ris.h.i.+s represent the sense perceptions which are guided by the Adhidevas who have their abode in the heart of the sun. The Balakhilya Ris.h.i.+s are therefore said to accompany the sun's chariot.

Their connection with Vedic sacrifices is also intelligible, as they are generally directed to the Adhidevas.

TABLE I.

Vasistha is the Controller. He is the spiritual teacher of the Solar Race and represents spiritual Intelligence or Higher Manas. He is the controller of the senses and the lower mind.

Urja is Energy. She is also called Arundhati.

TABLE J.

_Atharvan_ - The Veda called by that name.

_Dadhichi_ - The name of a Ris.h.i.+ who accepted death In order to serve the Devas. Visvakarman forged the thunderbolt with his bones and Indra defeated Vritra, the Asura King, with that weapon.

The line of Atharvan represents self sacrifice for universal good as well as magic or occult wisdom.

TABLE K.

_Bhrigu_ - is the Dweller of Mahar Loka, or the Archetypal plane. Upon the Pralaya of Triloki, the essence of that triple plane and its Karma become embedded in Mahar Loka. The creative process sets in again in strict conformity to the Karma of the past. Bhrigu is therefore father of:

_Dhata_ - or Universal Karma

_Vidhata_ - or Individual Karma, and

_Sri_ or _Lakshmi_ - the wife of Vishnu, the Energy of Preservation.

_Ayati_ - or potency is the wife of Dhata, Mrikandu and Markandeya, are in this line.

_Niyati_ - or fate, is the wife of Vidhata. Prana and Vedasiras are in this line.

_Kavi_ - is another son of Bhrigu and _Usanas_ or _Sukra_ is Kavi's son.

But according to some authorities Kavi is the same as Usanas. It is a matter for reflection how Sukra or the presiding Ris.h.i.+ of the planet Venus is connected with Mahar Loka or the trans-personal plane. Mahar Loka is the first approach to universality and therefore may correspond to Higher Manas. However that be, Venus corresponds to the first plane of universality.

The consideration of Tables C to K has proved to be an interesting one.

But readers are requested to remember that this is a mere study by an inquiring student and they are left to think for themselves. I might have dwelt at some length on this portion of the subject, but that would be going beyond the scope of the present work.

Briefly speaking then,

_Marichi_ - is Monadic ray or atma-Buddhi,

_Atri_ - is the adjustment of the creative, preservative and destructive tendencies in a Jiva,

_Angiras_ - is the Essence of Creation, the auric repository of the Jiva,

_Pulastya_ - is Kamic Intelligence,