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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
was that all those in the royal assembly were not
able to see you. But then in the second case, with
the possession of the true Jnana divested of all
thoughts of individuality, you created the
conception of „I‟ through your own Sankalpa and it
was only then that the sons, etc., did see you.‟
Then Lila overjoyed gave vent to the following
words „Through your grace, Oh Saraswati, I have
known all my former births as clear as daylight. I
have cleansed myself of all sins arising from the
three gunas. After being differentiated as a
separate entity out of the one Brahman, I have
undergone different births in 800 bodies 33. Like
bees in a lotus flower, I have been inhabiting the
many worlds created through Maya-Vikalpa (or
the modifications of Maya). I was born as a
Vidyadhara lady and then as a human being
through the force of Vasanas. In another loka of
Maya-Vikalpa, I went through a series of births in
the different bodies of Indrani, a huntress clad in
33 The number above given tallies nearly with that given out in the
Theosophical literature by Mr. Sinnett
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