372 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
If our surmise be correct, he ought to have mentioned 
two cel personages with similar names and metronymics 
who unconnected with each other. Ane 
Mr. Pager has not cited any instance showing the 
mon use of the metronymic Devakiputra. We should ae 
been glad if he had quoted a passage from our ancient lit- 
erature in which the metronymic is found along with any 
other name than Krishna. 
Again Mr. Pargiter is not quite correct when he says 
that the two Krishnas have been identified merely because 
of the similarity of names inspite of the patent differences. 
On the contrary he ignores the fact pointed out by Dr. Ray 
Chaudhuri in his Harly History of the Vaishnava sect that 
not only are the two Krishnas called Devakiputra but the 
teachings mentioned in the Chhandogya passage perfectly 
agree with those of the Bhagavadgita. In the Chhandogya 
passage, Krishna, the son of Devaki is taught the following 
Rik verses describing the glory of the First Cause. 
Adit pratnasya retaso udvayan-tamasas- pari jye 
pasyantia uttaram svak pasyanta uttaram devam Dies 
Stryam- -aganmaj -jyotir- -ultamam-itt jyotir-uttamam- “att, 
In the recy Gita he himself describes God in the 
following words 
oe 
Rare dhdtaram-achintya-ripam Adityav arncn 
tamasah parastat. (Gita VIII, 9. 
J yotisham-api taj-jyoti-stamasah param-uchyate.” (Gita 
XIII. 18.) 
The virtues of Tapa, Dana, Arjjava, Ahimsa and 
Satya-vachana which Krishna Devakiputra learns from Ghora 
Angirasa in the Chhandogya passage reappear in the Gita 
(XVI, 22) 
Dénam damas-cha yajna-scha svddhyayam tapa arjjavam. 
Ahimsé satyam-akrodhas-tyagah édantir-apaisunam. 
The Angirasa family to which Ghora of the Chhando- 
mo passage belonged, is closely associated with the Bhojas 
early as the Rigveda (III, 53,7) and the student 
of the Feta Brahmana. the Epics and the Puranas need 
not be told that the Bhojas were a powerful section of the 
Satvats, the tribe to which Krishna belonged. It was to 
protect his kinsmen, the Bhojas, pe Krishna with the help 
of Sankarshana overthre rew Kamsa. In the face of this fact 
is it emer unsouud to hold that Krishna, who has the 
the Bhojes as early as the Rgvedic period, was identical 
with the Satvata Krishna Devakiputra, the grandchild of 
