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his descendants gave him his right as to the title of 

 DeVa, and decreed divine honours to be paid to 

 him, we shall henceforth call him Deva-Ca'la- 

 Yavana, or, according to the vulgar mode of pro- 

 nouncing this compound v^^ord, De'o-Ca'l'-Yun, 

 which sounds exactly like Deucalion in Greek. 



His father was the famous Garga, whose story 

 is thus related in the Bhavishya-piirand, Sada- 

 Siva-Maha'-de'va, is a great penitent (Yogi) : 

 he continually walks in the path of knowledge : 

 haviftg dedicated himself to the service of Visnu 

 (here is understood the supreme being in the cha- 

 racter of Vishnu), he was constantly thinking on 

 him. They, who devote themselves to the worship 

 of Vishnu, have no occasion to worship the other 

 gods: for there is no god like Vishnu, who is the 

 original soul, and the ancient of days. Whoever de- 

 votes himself to him, obtains a seat at the most ex- 

 cellent feet*, he has no beginning, and he never 

 dies : he is pure and incapable of decay : he bestows 

 knowledge, and everlasting bliss : hence he is par- 

 ticularly to be worshipped. Maha'-de'va well 

 knowing that Vaicant'ha (Vishnu) was to be born 

 of the Vrishnis and AndhacaSi S2i\di,\ shall be his 

 Purohita (ok officiating prieft) : and he was born of 

 woman, in the character of Garga: as soon as 

 Crishna was born, Garga acted as his Purohita: 

 hence he is called Garga'cha'rya : he gives 

 Urdha (command over lust), and, though concealed 

 under a mortal form, he is really Maha'-de'va. 

 Garga is positively asserted here to be Maha'- 

 pe'va himself, who is called also Pramat'he'sa or 

 the lord of the five senses or servants : because they 

 are to be kept in due subjection to reason. Hence 



* This expression is still used at the court of the great Lama, 

 who is an incarnation of Vi^HNU, 



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