In English
are in need of revival again
Meanwhile, the Veda had faded from human memory and, as a result, famine stalked the land. Sages were reduced to skeletons. They yearned for the Veda, for that was the sustenance on which they lived. , the brother of , prayed to (the Moon). made the earth sprout forth edible plants, on which the sages decided to live. taught them the sixty different sections of the , but so thick was the fog that had descended on the that the sages who learnt the from him were confounded by cynical critics. had to assure them that what they had learnt was the genuine Veda itself, but even he could not remove the main of doubt. They jointly approached . He said, “You were all able to get this vision of Me as a result of your vedic study; you can have yourself become when you practise what you have studied.” That was how revived the once in the past.