*SKANDHA VIII. CHAP. 13.*
Savarni is the son of Vivasvat by his wife Chaya. He shall be the eighth
Manu -- Nirmoka, Virajaska (without Rajas) and others shall be his sons.
Sutapas, Viraja (without Rajas) and Amrita Prabha shall be the Devas.
Bali, son of Virochana, shall be the Indra.
Galava, Diptiman, Parasurama, Asvatthama, Kripa, Rishya Sringa and Vyasa
shall be the seven Rishis.
Sarvabhouma, son of Devaguhya by Sarasvati, shall be the Avatara. He
shall wrest the kingdom of Svarga Loka from Purandara and make it over
to Bali.
(The eighth Manvantara is the Second half of the Fourth Round and should
be the spiritual half according to Theosophical ideas. But we find the
Asura King Bali, who was removed from the kingdom of Triloki in the
Vaivasvat Manvantara, restored to the kingdom of Svarga).
Amongst the Rishis we find Parasurama who fought with Rama and
Asvatthama and Kripa who ranged themselves against the Pandava brothers
in the battle of Kurukshetra.
All this shews that spirituality was developed out of materiality. The
sons of Manu are Nirmoka and Virajaska. _Moka_ is the cast off skin of
an animal and may well represent the sthula body. Nirmoka is one without
Moka.
Virajaska is without Rajas. So the course of evolution shews a tendency
in the first place to cast off the sthula body and to overcome the
Rajas.