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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
brought about in its turn through delu sion of
(mental) regality the Padma creation and thus it is,
a fresh creation arose. Similarly has your husband
now a second birth as Viduratha. Therefore after
giving your ears to what I am going to relate to
you, you shall have your doubts therein cleared by
me.
In the stainless and immaculate Chidakasa, there
is, on one side of it, a Mayavic dome. This vault is
covered by countless pea cock s feathers, viz., the
immeasurable Akasa. On its golden pillars, large
and small, viz., Mahameru, are engraved the
picturesque beauties of Indrani and others, the
spouses of Indra and the regents of the quarters.
On one side of that dome are hillocks called (the
elements), Prithivi (earth) and others as well as the
tiles called the seven mountains. It is the seat of the
residence of the revered and old Brahma
surrounded by his sons, Marichi 29 and others full
of desires. It is ever reverberating with the songs of
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Marichi and other Rishis are associated here with desires, in
accordance with the doctrine of „The Secret Doctrine‟ which calls them
as Barhishads yielding to humanity their bodies of desires.
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