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manner of the gods of the Dhyani-loka' heaven. When with the 
urther exhaustion of their moral merits their longevity decreased, 
there grew in their minds desire for tasting. 
Sheebu * was the first of the human race who had tasted of om 
nectar. Those who came after him, beingalso grown by mirac 
lous transformation, were called S/eebu-kyeh,® and began to subsist 
on that ambrosial drink. Accordingly, their stomachs being stuffed 
with food, they began to feel the necessity of evacuations, which 
brought on uneasiness in their minds. Their body being cea 
tainted by impurities, its resplendence—glorious colours— 
ally began to fade. When the luminosity of their person was 
lost, they became very unha At this stage, while deploring 
the loss and downfall from a happier state they had sustained, 
they thought intently on the necessity of external light, without 
which they were no Lori able to work for their existence. 
the force of this concentrated wish of all humanity, and also on 
account of there still existing to their credit some moral merits, 
there appeared in heaven the sun, moon, constellations, and 
other numberless luminous bodies. Then there arose the division 
of time, day and night. With the appearing of light, the 
distinction of colour, the sense of beauty and ugliness, the dis- 
crimination of good from bad complexion, also pride, envy, etc., 
arose. These demerits sili the food of nectar to ‘vanish from this 
earth. In consequence of this fresh and sell ik ortune, hu- 
manity now concentrated its desire for subsisting on renin se that 
was next in quality to the potent food. By this combined will- 
nature was forced to yield a condensed milky fluid which was 
was (NA AI) the earth-cream which contained nutrition similar 
but inferior to that which was in the food of the gods. Mankind 
enjoyed this delicious article for a great length of time. Increase 
of their demerit caused a corresponding decrease in the supply of 
earth-cream, in consequence of which mankind had to think of 
some other food to subsist upon. Vegetable shoots ‘33 aR BAY) 
now sprang forth everywhere, and furnished an ‘esc iauniftle supply 
of food. dly 
They now sought cat fa and accordingly, got the wil 
grown (uncultivated) =" zy" AQAA" Ql sali rice, which 
w in the morning and matured at noon, and became fit for 
harvesting in the evening, Such were the blessings which people 
in the Krita yuga (E5)A84 ) z.e , the age of perfection, enjoyed. 
The duration of that age was 1,728,000 years. 
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