[ 51 | This sun (which is life) appoars in a chariot drawn by seven marcs, t.e., in ihe body containing scven lights. From this lise comes the radiance of he sun. and he throws his light on the chariol of ihis ouler world drawn by the seven roys—his seven mares. (Chhandogya). We have said much about the sun being life or the cause of lifo, and now we shall say soinelhing about the moon being the cause of life in plants and ihe vegelable kingdom. The moon causes the fides ; ihe aclion of lhe fides drifts masses of marine vagelalion to the shore 5 and from this marine vctјаtalion grow the planls of ihe earłh. According to the Puranas, Airi is the child of Brahma, thosen the child ol Alri, and iho moon is the child of the sea. It is the influence of the moon-beams which causes planls io grow ; and hence one of the moon's names is the lord or king of plonis. According to Weslern scientisis, lhe moon is a Inđish of life-loss maller, withoul luminosiły of ils own, and is lighlod by lhe reflex glory of the sun. It is a salellite of the earth and is nearest to the earth of all planciary bodies. When the hour of donth arrives, man's power of spoech merges in his mind, the inind merges in life, and life finds ils quiescence in the soul. In other words, the dying IndIn first loses speech, then ihe faculties of mind, and then the function and
