Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
happy by extirpating vices and peopling the world
with the great wise men. With these words,
Saraswati withdrew unto her silent abode, when
the king praised her with the following words
„May Saraswati, the Goddess, who presides over
the tongues of all men and the departments of all
knowledge, prosper long in this world.‟ Then the
Emperor Padma along with his wives wielded the
sceptre over the earth for 80,000 years. With the
blessing conferred by Saraswati, he shortened then
and there the seven kinds of births and attained on
earth the Jivanmukti State. At last he attained the
state of Videhamukti which never perishes, even
though great Kalpas come to an end.
3. THE STORY OF KARKATI
Summary: Having shown fully that the universe is
nothing but a diversity of Maya, being in its true
state but Chaitanya (consciousness) per sc, which
fact can be perceived through Divine Vision, the
author in this story gives out the play of that
Chaitanya in the present state.
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