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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Lilas 36 bearing thus the company of Saraswati, the
latter let slip the grip she had on the Jiva of
Viduratha which therefore entered into the nasal
orifice of Padma s body in the form of Prana and
permeated the whole parched up body.
Whereupon blood began to circulate freely
throughout its fleshy tenement and the deceased
king woke up, rubbing his eyes. With a thundering
noise, Padma asked the bystanders who those
were, that were there. Whereupon the old Lila
prostrated herself before the king and saw that she
herself was the wife congenial to him, that the new
Lila was the offspring of his mind which thought
of a form similar to hers and came to enjoy with
him, and that the third person age was no other
than the immaculate Saraswati.
After she had pronounced these words, Padma fell
at the feet of Saraswati who, laying her beautiful
hands on the head of Padma, blessed him with a
long life with his wives, an exalted fame and an
ever increasing wealth in order to render people
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It is thus clear that the two Lilas represent no other than the astral and
the physical bodies of beings which are counterparts of one another.
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