narrative of the finding of Moses by the daughter of Pharaoh has a corresponding record, but as he was more than one hundred and twenty years old when he arrived in India, the account is that the Lawgiver was cradled by a large sea-serpent on the bosom of the great waters for ages, whilst he was in a state of somnolence. The origin of the belief in the Transmigration of the Soul is also taken from an event in the life of Moses, which is recorded in the Hebrew Talmud thus: The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, thy days approach that thou must die.” On this Moses thought that he had committed but a slight offence, which would be pardoned; for ten times had Israel tempted God’s wrath and been forgiven through his intercession, as it is written: “And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word.” But when he became convinced that he would not be pardoned, he made the following supplication: “Sovereign of the universe, my trouble and my exertion for Israel’s sake is revealed and known before Thee. How I have laboured to cause thy people to know Thee, and to believe in Thy Holy Name, and practise Thy holy law, has come before Thee. O Lord, as I had shared their trouble and their distress, I hoped to share their happiness. Behold, now, the time has come when their trials will cease, when they will enter into the land of promised bliss, and Thou sayest to me, Thou shalt not pass over this Jordan. O Eternal, great and just, if thou wilt not allow me to enter into this goodly land, permit me at least to live on here in this world.” Then God answered Moses, saying: “If thou wilt not die in this world, how canst thou live in the world to come?” But Moses continued: “If thou wilt not permit me to pass over this Jordan, let me live as the beasts of the field; they eat of the herbs and drink of the waters, and live and see the world; let my life be even as theirs.” And God answered: “Let it suffice thee; do not continue to speak unto me any more on this matter.” Yet again Moses prayed: “Let me live even as the fowls; they gather their food in the morning, and in the evening they return unto their nests. Let my life be even as theirs.” And again God said: “Let it suffice thee; do not continue to speak to me any more on this matter.” Then Moses proclaimed: “He is the Rock; His work is perfect, and His ways are just; the God of Truth, just and upright is He.”[13]