Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-15

Obviously we cannot here enter upon
a history OF the descendants oil Naiwas-
yasa. uor relate all Tue lllndoo legends
that touch upon patriarchal life after the
deluge. shall confine myself to that OF
AdIigarta. According to Hindoo
chronology, the deluee occurred at the
end OF the Twapara-Yauga Chat Is, the
third age OF the worlds existence) more
than four thousand years before our era,
and In the following age lived Adjigarta,
the grandson OF Vaiwasvata. The FOL
lowing legend relates TO this patriarch,
who lived two thousand five hundred
years before Moses. In the country oil
Ganga, lived virtuous man OF the name
of AdIigarta; morning and evening he re.
| tired to woody glades or TO the banks oil
rivers whose waters arc naturally pure,
to offer sacrifice. And when the sa'riiice
was offered, and his mouth purified by
| Divine uourishmeut, after having softly
pronounced the mysterious word Alum
(Which Is an appeal to Cod lie chanted
the cousecraitd hymn OF the ssvith.
ULord of the world and OF all creatures,
receive my humble Invocation. turn ifoa
the contemplation OF thy immortal
power; thy siugle glance shall purify my
soul.
Come to me that ! may hear thy
voice IN the tluttering OF the leaves, in
the murmuring Yates OF the sacred
} river, in tho sparkling flame of the
Avasathya (conseerated tlre,) My soul
. longs to breathe the aiI that emauatcs
. from the great soul, listen to my humble
| invocation Lord Of all worlds and OF
. IA creatures. Thy word shall he sveefer
o To my thirsty soul than this tears oil
: night to The sandy desert sweeter than
the voice OF the young mother who ca
d resses her luian'.
Come to me, o thou by whom the
g earth blooms into flowers, by whom
!. harvest ripens, by whom all germs de
IT velop themselves, By whom glitter t.,
e heavens, mothers produce children and
lie sages learn virtue. Ny soul thirsteth tt
e know thee aud to escaie from its morta
u enveloo to the enjoyment OF eelestia
N bliss abso, he'd in thy splsIdor.
Alter recltin5 these prayers or hymns
10 aud making the prescribed ahluiions
a the sage Adiisarta still devoted IT,
ie greater part OF the day to study OF til
Ia profound and mystic meaning of III
II, yeds, under the direction OF a holy pei
Or son named Pavacs Che purified, VIII
10 wla not far from that age (seyent
ars) when the true servant OF Go
u. should retire from the world to lead
al life of seclusiou. When Adiirarta ba
"a rnmnletcd liz ,or,y.fItth wear. tnyin
lip pas.,.l his DAYS in study and prayer. h
AZ mas .r one morning. when sacrifice WA
he over presepted to him q heiier. rithou
a. spot aud crowned with flowers. saving
Is lschuld tlir Z It which the LpIl oraaiu
III tor thosc who lave completed the stud
lr- OF The yedJ; you no more require my ii
r. strurtions, . AtJisarta. Iniuk Low
in procuring Tor yourself son who ma
ch accomplish n your tomb The tuner,
tie ceIemonies which should Introduce yo
to to the abode OF Brahma. Father, replie
tit Aailgarta. | hear YOUR wo,ds Al
RI un:,r.taud the ssity. hut know m
: {. wonan. aud ii ny heart desired y,
Tor love iG knows Lot where 10 address i
En- er,
VS. have given YOU life by the unde
Jr. standiup said P;tyaca. | will now oil
YOU life OF hpppi,ess and love. \
on dau,Nter, Parvaay, excels among ,
Vi virgins Tor brauty aud discfetiui,: fra
wn her birth have dest ned her Tor yo
IN. w.i.-her e, es have not vet r,s,ei I'm
led mar, nor has man heheld her prat 10
ure gytlliteualce. On hearing lhase uor
Tho Adifsarta was filled with i1y. The ",
he dug least took ,lacc. and lie MARIA
lug was eous,cfated after the manner Of +
Dwidias.
ard Yeas slippel on with nothing In A
Ior turn TIE felicity vi Aaiirar.a and
un- beAutlful Paryaly. rhur herds "
tue lai teas anu uca0 tehuea, thelF Il
r IN saffron wrrc nlg,ys iha G,,sst gni