DIVISIONS OP THE ZODIACS. SSQ 



a hundred years in each asterism, attended by the vir- 

 tuous Arund'hati." 



The author next states the relative situation of the 

 seven Rhhis, with Arund'hati near her husband 

 Vasisht'ha : and the remainder oFthe Chapter is 

 devoted to astrology. 



The revolution of the seven Rishis, and its periods, 

 are noticed in Purihias. The following passage is froni 

 the Sri Bhagavata *. 



"From your birth (Paricshit is addressed by 

 Su'ca) to the inauguration of Nanda, ma years 

 will elapse. 



^' Of the seven Rishis, two are first perceived, rising 

 in the sky ; and the asterism, which is observed to be 

 at night even with the middle of those stars, is that^ 

 with which the Rishis are united, and they remain so 

 during a hundred years of men. In your time^ and at 

 this moment, they are situated in Maghd, 



" When the splendor of Vishnu, named Crishna, 

 departed for heaven, then did the Cali age, during 

 which men delight in sin, invade the world. So long 

 as he continued to touch the earth with his holy feet ; 

 so long the Cali age was unable to subdue the world. 



" When the seven Rishis were in Maghd, the CaJi 

 age comprising 1200 [divine] years -j- began; and 

 when, from Maghd, they shall reach Furvdshdd'ha, 

 then will this Cali age attain its growth under Nan da 

 and his successors." 



* Book 12. C. 2. 



t 432000 common years. 



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