The Vedic fathers of geology

Grotogican Resutts CompaARED. 123

that so far as the primeval state of our Globe was concerned, there never was a beginning to the present order of things. Thus, the great saint, poet, and philosopher,-Jnaneshwara (ज्ञानन्दर) of Maharashtra—of the 13th Century, says:“This creation has been in existence from Eternity (atamtg ). That is to say, i2s without beginning and without end”. The origimal verse in Marathi is as follows :तरी सांग पा Staal | तुजपादानि स्थिति या अिथुवना । हे अनादि विश्वरचना | ते कटिके कायी ॥ ( स्तानेन्वरी . २-९९ ). अनादि सिद्ध = Aaa | होत जात स्वभावे ।....॥ ( ज्ानेन्धररी, २-९०० ). ( Jndneshwari or Bhayartha-

Dipika. IL. 95, 100 )

In the same way, the learned Swami Vidyaraiya,—better known as Madhava Sayana, the great Vedic Exegetist and the celebrated (or as some say the brother of the ) Prime Minister of king Bukka, of the 14th Century, who held sway over the extensive Empire of Vijayanagar, —yrites in respect of the creation of this world, as “ being without beginning and without end”.