1 66 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



solid about them;" but it is suspected that they 

 have a high temperature. Some states of Akdsha 

 are known to be marked by an extraordinarily high 

 temperature, and " a surface of cloud " is what we 

 should naturally expect. 



Even to the naked eye Saturn gleams with a 

 cold blue light. Seen through a five-inch telescope, 

 the planet appears of a cool silver-white color, with 

 delicate greyish shadings, blending one with an- 

 other as they stretch from the bright equatorial 

 belt to the deep blue poles. These polar caps are 

 sometimes described as of a dark greenish hue, but 

 the great dissimilarity in human optics would ac- 

 count for this discrepancy, as also would changing 

 Tattvlc conditions. An interesting feature is that 

 the planet is banded by vari-colored belts, red, or- 

 ange, and sometimes delicate rose-color; they are, 

 however, less brilliant than Jupiter's belts and not 

 recognized as so variable. 



But the greatest distinction of Saturn the phe- 

 nomenon that puzzles the scientists the most is 

 its remarkable system of rings, separate from the 

 planet and surrounding its equatorial belt. There 

 are two broad, bright bands, separated from each 

 other by " a black line " (indigo?), which " line " 

 marks a i,6oo-mile gap; and a third dusky inner 

 ring which is only faintly luminous and so transpa- 

 rent that the edge of the planet can be seen through 



