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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
both who are like fresh Chinthamani 35? When shall
I be able to resume my former body of Padma?‟To
which Saraswati replied thus „You will perish in
this war and with your death, you will resume
your Padma body.‟ Here a herald came in with the
following announcement to the king. „An ocean of
army is discharging showers of arrows at us, and
our town is reduced to ashes through the enemy s
flames. Oh puissant king, I have to announce to
you these painful tidings.‟ While the information
was thus being given to the king, his ears were
deafened by the terrible sounds of the enemy s
hosts which made the hearts of all in the three
worlds to quail. The cries of shrieking roving
townsman collided with those of the enemy and
rent the air like a thunderbolt. The hissing flames
which were like Vadava Agni enveloped the whole
welkin with its volumes of smoke. Thus all eyes
and ears ceased to function and the whole town
became nothing but a heap of ruins. All these
devastations were personally witnessed by
Saraswati and Lila, the king and his minister. At
35 This is a stone supposed to yield anything- the possessor of it thinks
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