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MAHARSHI PULAHA WAS the fifth son who sprang from Brahma's mind. To populate the worlds with more progeny, Brahma had created, in addition to the saptarishis (seven sages), ten prajapatis (progenitors). These seventeen were the first ancestors of every conceivable being on earth. Elsewhere, the number of prajapatis is given as twenty-one. In purity and renunciation these sages had excelled even the gods; their dharma was pravritti, i.e., the religious life in the world, which, superfluous to add, had to be lived strictly in the light of scriptural injunctions. This exciting life is in itself the rationale for producing eminent and spiritual men.

MAHARSHI PULAHA WAS the fifth son who sprang from Brahma's mind. To populate the worlds with more progeny, Brahma had created, in addition to the saptarishis (seven sages), ten prajapatis (progenitors). These seventeen were the first ancestors of every conceivable being on earth. Elsewhere, the number of prajapatis is given as twenty-one. In purity and renunciation these sages had excelled even the gods; their dharma was pravritti, i.e., the religious life in the world, which, superfluous to add, had to be lived strictly in the light of scriptural injunctions. This exciting life is in itself the rationale for producing eminent and spiritual men.

Pulaha once approached and took refuge in the boy-sage Sanandana, one of the four kumaras, to learn the knowledge of the highest Reality. He in turn transmitted this knowledge to Maharshi Gautama. Pulaha worshipped Brahma, his own father, and performed intense austerities on the banks of the river Alakananda. Later he became an honoured member of Indra's court.

Pulaha once approached and took refuge in the boy-sage Sanandana, one of the four kumaras, to learn the knowledge of the highest Reality. He in turn transmitted this knowledge to Maharshi Gautama. Pulaha worshipped Brahma, his own father, and performed intense austerities on the banks of the river Alakananda. Later he became an honoured member of Indra's court.